"We respect the teaching authority of the Church;" and, "the moral teachings of the Church are always in dialog with the broader lived experiences..."

These phrases indicate that the priests are not concerned about justice for gay people, but pastoral care only with the church strictures against homosexual expression left in place.

Presumably in the absence of any indication to the contrary, this excludes gay access to marriage equality against which the hierarchy including the Vatican has been nearly hysterical.

Sure, the hateful rhetoric has been abusive. But the abusive invective would not be there were it not for the fundamental antigay "moral teaching" which the [of course all male] priest signatories to this statement seem to uphold.

And what of Michael Pflager? Does his outspoken concern for justice extend from African-Americans to gay folk? I didn't notice his name on the letter.