It's complicated but other churches seem to manage.
The calculus will soon change when the shortage of priests begins to impinge upon the collection basket. Then they may be willing to make the trade-off for the additional cost of supporting families.
He is correct in that the Church did allow priests to marry for the first several hundred years of it’s existence. Also correct in that juggling the demands of your flock and your family is incredibly challenging.
And look at all the money the Church has saved, after paying off the lawsuits because of the child molester priests. (sacasm)
That’s not true.
Anyway, why do people like the press care so much about priests being married or not?
What do they care?
No; it’s about vocation. A married man cannot give himself entirely to the priestly life — as Paul pointed out right at the start.