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#1 No, because the apostles were married and Timothy writes about married (only once married) bishops. Fast forward to the present day, celibacy has been at the root of the child molestation scandal, whereas protestants don't have a widespread problem like this.

First, the only Apostle explicitly mentioned as married was Peter.

Second, you've really got to be kidding us if you think celibacy is the root of the child molestation scandal.

Are you implying that living celibately drives men to become molesters?

It's by and large a homosexual problem. Having married priests does not somehow expunge all the gay priests, not to mention the deeply situated bureaucracy that holds the real power in the dioceses. Nevermind the unrelated negatives that come along with allowing a married clergy.

#2 This is a belief that it is impossible to verify. A rigorous reading states that when Christ said, "This is my Body" it referred then to the bread in His hands, not a wafer in a priests hands 2000 years in the future.

"Do this in memory of me..."

A nondenominational community is the closest thing to the early church before all the corruption set in and is the most pure form of spiritualism in todays world...

Which of the "non-denominations" is best? You're not possibly saying that all non-demonimationals believe the same thing are you?

Yes celibacy is the root of the molestation scandal, because it is attractive to homosexuals, for whom not marrying a woman is no great sacrifice. Furthermore, because priests have no other human being to answer to for their personal conduct due to celibacy, a stark contrast to having a wife that would monitor them closely.

Here is the most virulent root cause. The practice of putting them into seminary High School where they have had to make a life decision as a 13 year old then no sexual expressions from thereafter froze their emotional response in place to that of young juveniles, and the all boy environment turned the frozen juvenile emotional development homosexual. Later in life they could not keep the affinity for young boys bottled up forever and the child molestation began. The ones doing it didn't understand the urges in all cases, these deviances were unfortunately programed into them. This is the root cause of the widespread homosexual pedophile scandal, combined with an all male clergy which unwittingly promotes a homosexually oriented outlook.