I shared this story with priest friends ordained between 1973 and 1991 and the common response was, "what a weird story".  Weird for all of the obvious reasons.  Klansman to Catholic priest seems to some to be a "bridge too far".  Beyond the obvious, the story calls into question the vetting process for seminary admission in the 1980's.  How is it that he was sent to the North American College (U.S. seminary equivalent of West Point) when he came from a non-college seminary environment?  Did anybody involved at various stages of his formation ask about his life, his social and political affiliations, legal issues?  Anything?  How did he manage to keep this hidden during at least four years of spiritual direction at the NAC?  And even if one bishop accepted him for seminary,  did the ordaining bishop bother to ask some probing questions before making the final decision to ordain him?   These are questions for the Dioceses of Reno and Las Vegas, not Arlington, VA.