People are not naive. There was a lot of talk on that occasion and others similar to it. And the talk was, for the most part, compassionate toward the deceased, his family and his community. It was not something that needed to be reported on the front page of the diocesan newspaper or explained at the funeral - and it was not, in just the same way as it is not done at many other funerals. This does not mean that church authorities were ignoring reality or sweeping the problem under the rug.
Most people are sympathetic and understanding at a time of death, no matter what the cause of death.
Priests listen to more sins than anyone else on the planet and they are not easily stunned and amazed when they learn that another priest has been less than perfect. Priests are generally merciful, sensitive and discrete regarding the sins of their fellow human beings and that includes the sins of other priests because they realize, more than anyone else, that priests are not carved from marble. They come equipped with all the baser passions and are not immune to loneliness, times of depression, mid-life crises, periods of doubt, acts of plain foolishness, and the dangers of meeting the wrong person at the wrong time and the greater danger of meeting the right person at the wrong time. Anyone who thinks that the issues of celibacy, sexuality and homosexuality are not being discussed and debated in the church these days must never pick up a Catholic periodical. And then they try to act accordingly.