There are married priests in the Roman Catholic Church.
What has happened, quietly over several years, and with little publicity, is that ordained Lutheran and Anglican pastors who also happen to be married, are admitted to the priesthood as converts. There is really only one difference in how the Catholics, the Anglicans, and the Lutherans perceive the Pope, otherwise the doctrine as taught in the seminaries differs little.
Catholics consider the Pope as sitting on the throne of Peter, Lutherans and Anglicans consider the Pope to be only a most superior bishop. With the Ecumenical movement, the Lutherans, Anglicans and the Catholics found themselves more alike than different.
Currently, these converted priests are not allowed to serve the Eucharist. It would not require more than the permission of the College of Cardinals and the Pope himself to rectify this situation.
I've never had contact with a married priests but I know they exist.Are you sure of this? How can they be genuine "priests" while being restricted in this central way?
Somebody better tell the parish priest out in Norcross GA - he's a former Anglican and he's right there on the altar every Sunday!