[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

A large community of heterosexual married priests in the Catholic Church would help drive away the homosexuals and pedophiles.

I do not maintain that the policy of mandatory priestly celibacy causes pedophilia or homosexuality. I do maintain that the policy helped create an atmosphere attractive to such individuals.

The much bigger point is this: There is NOTHING contained in the Bible mandating celibacy as a precondition for service in the priesthood. PERIOD.

[Salvation]

**heterosexual married priests in the Catholic Church would help drive away the homosexuals and pedophiles.**

Celibacy isn’t the problem here. Pedophilia is, and married men are far more prone to pedophilia than celibate priests.

[Salvation]

Non-Catholic Clergy Abuse & Crimes

[Iscool]

The much bigger point is this: There is NOTHING contained in the Bible mandating celibacy as a precondition for service in the priesthood. PERIOD.

You are exactly right...And who would have come up with such a rule except a group of queers trying to keep their lifestyle unhindered???