We would prefer not only someone who's out and proud, but also someone who was willing to publicly challenge the status quo for the sake of making the church a safer, more welcoming place for LGTB people, especially young gay people who commit suicide at a far higher rate than their straight counterparts, all because they learned how to hate themselves in church from some priest. For all his many fine qualities, like rushing into a building on fire in order to administer last rites to the dying, Mychal Judge did not do that.