1.  Snowflake milennial priests have to learn that the laypeople are their bosses, not the other way around.  If a seminarian, who is willing to serve his constituents (even with guitar music) regardless of his own aesthetics, then he is very mature and will make a good priest.

2.  Zed doesn't have an "academic career;" he has a blog that he uses to scam gullible people out of their money for his own lifestyle.