Absolute nonsense. Christian moral teaching requires ALL males (and females) who are not married to die virgins. ALL deliberate seeking of venereal pleasure, except in mutual acts of husband and wife that are in themselves apt for the generation of new life, is grave matter--i.e., mortal sin.
Anyone who holds that voluntary abstinence from sexual activity is unnatural and impossible has rejected the teaching of Jesus Christ on this matter.
The point is that married clergy was the norm for the catholic Church until twelfth century. It was concerns about hereditary bishops and the inheritance of Church property that led to mandatory celibacy. Effective holy celibate priests do not deny their sexuality, but state that by sacrificing its exercise, they become more spiritual, better priests and closer to God. Yet the reality is what was written. There are fewer and fewer such priests. The clergy has been corrupted. The Church needs godly heterosexual men and women who can do much good but are unable to suppress forever the moral exercise of their sexuality. It is a difficult subject but it must be confronted.
“except in mutual acts of husband and wife that are in themselves apt for the generation of new life, is grave matter—i.e., mortal sin.”
Nope, there is only one mortal sin. Rejecting Christ as your savior. Everything else is man made. Regarding all else, sin is sin, and there is no difference. Stealing a pencil is the same as visiting a prostitute. It just means you are a sinner who needs salvation.