Catholic World News Diogenes on Monsignor Clark

Diogenes wishes that the denial was really an expression of repentance. He points out even if a crime was not committed, the integrity of the DiFilippo's marriage has been harmed. That a priest is held to a different standard is clear from Canon Law ("clerics are to shun completely everything that is unbecoming to their state" -- Canon 285), and Diogenes calls this "objectively blameworthy".

A comment I've added there

Clark's lawyer said on Tuesday that the allegations of sexual impropriety had been "contrived" from "innocent events." But what is the innocent explanation for checking into a hotel under an assumed name for five hours during the daytime and changing clothes in the middle of the day? Don't tell me what he didn't do. What did he do (given the facts and pictures he has not denied)? Now that would be a denial with some credibility.