“This will continue to happen until the Church makes celibacy optional and forcefully purges the clergy of all homosexuals.”
Explain to me why the Episcopal Church has molesters in its ranks even though their clergy marry.
I don’t think the Episcopalian priests are famous for homosexuality, are they?
Celibacy is the portal which homosexuals used to fill the ranks of an undermanned clergy. Face it. Normal heterosexual men with procreative and healthy sexual urges despite their mystical beliefs would be reluctant to enter a situation where those normal urges were not only proscribed but being in the very company of women would lead to suspicion. Homosexuals can purport to be celibate and privately do as they wish. Homosexuals will also continue to behave as homosexuals always have and despite the political incorrectness of the statement, have sex with and molest young boys. Once heard an elderly priest give a remarkable sermon. He said that about every five hundred years the Church goes through an existential crisis. The first was the sack of Rome in the 5th century when much of the clergy and Church documents were destroyed. the second was the East/West schism. The third was the Reformation. Now it is the crisis of vile homosexual priests defiling the sacred and molesting children. The Church weathered the first three and even prospered. It is by no means clear how this current crisis will be resolved.