[Skwor]

How about we let God’s word tell us what a good pastor / priest is?

1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;

Mandating celibacy only created a bigger problem, it did not solve a problem.

It never improves anything when we add to God’s word our own desires or intentions, no matter how noble we may think it is.

[Rockingham]

The Roman Catholic view of the issue is not theological but practical and developed in the early years of Christianity in the West. In that era, it took centuries of strenuous effort to Christianize the Romans and the peoples they ruled or had contact with.

As part of this evangelization there was a strategy to establish Christianity and its priests as different from the local pagan priests and shamans. Distinct and austere dress and celibacy were part of that. Since torture and martyrdom were often also involved, requiring celibacy tended to weed out those unwillingness for the full sacrifice of self.