I think that [celibate] priests are in short supply. I heard that in N. Maine, a known "problem" priest was
allowed to continue ministering, among other things, because there is a shortage of priests, and they could not
get anyone to live there.
I think the goal is to allowed married priests to perform ecclesiastic duties is that you increase the supply
of people willing to do the job.
I believe John McLaughin is a priest. Jesuit maybe. Left to get married, I remember. I think he's still a priest.
Can't perform any duties, though.
A lot of that has to do with the type of nonsense that is being passed off as Catholicism these days. I do know that the Fraternity of Saint Peter, a traditional order of priests based in Nebraska, recently received 300 applications for 15-20 positions in its seminary.