[Iowegian]

Proven what? First the validity of the priesthood as used in the RC church must be proven, and it hasn't.
You may not have meant to admit the lack of early church evidence, but your wording says otherwise.

[FormerLib]

First the validity of the priesthood as used in the RC church must be proven, and it hasn't.

Sorry, but the article clearly did that. You just don't want to admit it even though the evidence is before you.

You may not have meant to admit the lack of early church evidence, but your wording says otherwise.

No, that's just wishful thinking on your part. The article proves the point of confession to the priesthood conclusively. I just added practicial reasoning on top of that.

[FormerLib]

If you really want to look into the proof of the matter, try starting here.