But Mary never had sex with her husband Joseph... When priests were married they were not to have sex with their wived the day prior to saying mass ....and on this site I have read posters say that sex without the intent of getting pregnant (using birth control ) is "mutual masterbation"
I remember that comment, and I also remember going much further back than that that another RC commented that sex without the intent of pregnancy is the cause of the moral decline in this country.
I remember that discussion because someone brought up people who were infertile and those couples where they wife as past menopause, making them contributing to the moral decline in this country because they were engaging in sex knowing there was no chance for pro-creation.