As I tell my sons, in order to be a priest, you have to be willing to cover up the sins of other priests. That's part of the charism of obedience to your bishop.
Remember, the laity are lightbulbs, completely replaceable. All that matters is the opinion of your fellow ordained men. You will work with the priests in your diocese for the rest of your life. Lay staff you will work with, at most, for ten years, often less. Lay staff at a parish are meant to protect the reputation of the pastor. They exist so there is a scapegoat when things go bad.
Lay staff can be fired, but you are a priest forever, and the bishop can't get rid of you like he can laity. Use the laity as they were meant to be used. Wipe the opposing field with them. When you fire one, just refill the magazine with more of them. They don't mind.
The parish and the diocese have no safety net for lay people, nor should they. The diocese and the parish exist for priests. When laity leave employment, they generally do not get unemployment insurance because many American dioceses don't pay into that governmental nonsense. Laity, you have the clothes on your back - be happy.
If you can look at yourself every morning, knowing these things, then you are cut out to be a priest.
UPDATE:
Yeah, like I said. Even Vatican employees echo these descriptions: "Workers have decided this action only after all their demands and requests over years were left unanswered," she said."
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