Should the Church exclude those men who indulge their sexual desire but are welcomed into the priesthood after conversion from Anglicanism?
Should there be any bending of celibacy whatsoever?
Perhaps my saying "indulge their sexual desire" was rash. I wasn't speaking of one such as you, or another I saw here, who left before being ordained a priest, recognizing that celibacy was not for them. I was speaking more of actual priests who leave the Church to marry.
Having once made a vow to God and then surrendering it, is not the type of person that should be making vows anew. If this is not the situation originally referenced, then I apologize for the confusion.
My beef, then is not with men who enjoy marital sex, but those who choose this after already vowing not to.
Should there be any bending of celibacy whatsoever?
I would not want the Church to be seen as bending to pressure, especially that from the priestess agitator types. Bending or eliminating the celibacy rule for the purpose of "eliminating pedophilia" or homosexuality is a pipe dream of this author. I would not have a problem if the rule were changed for good pastoral reasons, but I have not heard those yet. I would rather see the shrews in charge of the seminaries and the limp bishops they supposedly answer to be disciplined.
Let's try orthodoxy first. It just might work.
SD