[tkathy]

Denial, denial, denial, denial, denial, denial, denial, denial, denial, denial...

[independentmind]

ingorance, bigotry, ignorance, bigotry...

Ever notice how the two go hand-in-hand?

[BlazingArizona]

Denial, denial, denial, denial, denial, denial, denial, denial, denial, denial...

Where this article is dead wrong is point 10. Celibacy does not "cause" pedophilia, but it does make it hard to find candidates for the priesthood. Inevitably, this results in lowered standards. No other denomination finds it that difficult to recruit clergy

[altura]

You forgot blah, blah, blah ...

This refusal by the defenders of the "celibate" priesthood to admit that limiting the priesthood to unmarried men has caused a disproportionate number of gays to be attracted to the priesthood is ridiculous.

Even the author of Goodbye Good Men couldn't let go of the fantasy that unmarried priesthood was not a contributor.

My own priest (Episcopal) argued this as well. So I asked him ... would you have become a priest if it meant you couldn't marry. He admitted he wouldn't have.

This limitation definitely does dramatically reduce the pool of applicants and it certainly does increase the number of homosexual applicants. Yes, most of the crimes were committed by homosexual priests against young boys (not children).

So ????? Why don't they wake up. Celibacy in the priesthood is not Biblical.