Was it right for Lot to offer his daughters to be raped?

Lot offered his daughters to the Sodomites to protect his guests. He was choosing to commit one evil to avoid another, and the Church teaches clearly that this is wrong: one may never do evil so that good may result from it (CCC 1789).

The Catholic Encyclopedia's article on Lot explains that he interceded for his guests out of his duties as host, most sacred in the East, but erred by placing them above his duties as a father. A Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture agrees: Lot cannot be praised; he chose what he considered the lesser of two evils.