[sailor4321]

You're right. They don't have to be celibate --- and they don't have to be Catholic, either....

[Final Authority]

If I may trouble you, I do not understand your comment. Who may not be celibate and who may not be RC? If you are refering to Baptists, that goes without saying, if you imply that it is RCC Priests, that is against doctrine. If you are saying that because of the situation some dioceses find themselves in, where there is a shortage of Priests and a glut of offending Priests, that the Priests may have entered the Priesthood under false pretenses, then you may have a point.