That's funny, I thought they did it because those men had a calling to the ministry and have no other way to support their families.
What do you call it when a married Protestant minister enters the Catholic church as a layman, because he wants to go where he's free to hear and believe the truth? I'm thinking specifically of former Episcopal priests who aren't willing to subscribe to calling homosexual acts anything but "sin", as they're being forced to do in the ECUSA.
The exception proves the rule. He also has the naive idea that there are huge numbers of married men who wish to become priests. That is to forget that many wives don't want to be the wife of a clergyman. The Greek Church has a large number of priests who are celibate because they couldn't find a wife before they wee ordained.