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I'm not Catholic so have no stake in this, but wouldn't getting rid of the celibacy requirement (or somehow doing it partially, lay priests or something) help with the pedophile issue and the numbers of gay priests?

Celibacy has nothing to do with Jesus or God. It was instituted rather late in the game by the Cathlolic Hierarchy to control their vast land holdings in Europe, which were being passed down by Bishops and Cardinals to their heirs.

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---It was instituted rather late in the game by the Cathlolic Hierarchy to control their vast land holdings in Europe, which were being passed down by Bishops and Cardinals to their heirs.---


As prophesized in scritpure. See post 182 and the first couple of paragraphs. In particular the scripture portion.