From The Sadness of Christ:
But now here cometh to my remembrance another point besides, which is, that Christ is then
delivered into the hands of sinners, whensoever his blessed body in the holy sacrament is consecrated
and handled of beastly, vicious, and most abominable priests. As often as we see any such case fall (and
fall doth it, alas, too oft a great deal) let us reckon that Christ himself then speaketh these words unto us
afresh: ‘Why sleep you? Watch, arise, and pray, that you enter not into temptation. For the Son of Man
is delivered into the hands of sinners.’
We should always keep in mind that Saint Thomas was a layman and not a member of the clergy. He could have told himself that this was a battle for the clergy to fight, and no concern of his. He completely rejected this easy out.
Saint Thomas More was a real man, a real saint.