There have been several American priests who died mysteriously immediately after having an audience with their bishop. To silence a priest for telling the truth is a mortal sin. Queers of a feather fornicate together.
If the allegations (and they should be treated as such) are shown to be true in an open enquiry, McElroy would be musseling the one who was seeking the truth. It doesn't sound like a shepherd who follows the "Way, the Truth, and the Life" to me.