[Salvation]

Why do Eastern rites catholic get a pass at celibacy? Their priests can marry.

So can priests in the Anglican branch of the Catholic Church.

However, if a priest wants to become a bishop in the Eastern Orthodox Catholic Church he must be leading a celibate life. I don't know about the Anglican bishops.

[Chemnitz]

Anglican bishops have to be gay. Just kidding.

[sockmonkey]

So can priests in the Anglican branch of the Catholic Church.

Anglo-Catholics aren't in union with Rome. Perhaps you are thinking of the handful of Anglican Use Parishes in the United States. They are considered part of the Latin Rite, however have a distinctive, and very beautiful Liturgy which draws heavily from the Book of Common Prayer.

There are married RC Priests who have entered via the Pastoral Provision, promulgated in 1981. Most of them are former Episcopalians and Lutherans (denominations considered one step from Catholicism). Most of those Priests are not serving in Anglican Use Parishes since there are only 6 or 7 AU Parishes in the United States-most of them in Texas.