You're not the only one who was influenced by COVID to make decisions differently. Done that myself. We all have to now figure out how to pick up where we left off in spring of 2020.

I guess taking this guy to your priest was a case of leaving no stone unturned in your quest to make the relationship work. I respect your thoroughness. I know someone who took his brother to a priest who counseled on substance abuse. The priest told the two of them to each live their own lives.

You can't rewrite history. All you can do is learn from it. If you see patterns in your past that you don't like, you might talk to others in recovery about what you can change.