[D-fendr]

Of course it is. My points were: 1) Marriage doesn't cure pedophilia, and 2) Being single does not require pedophilia in order gratify to achieve sexual gratification.

Both were in answer to the question of if priests were married would this crime against be diminished.

[maro]

Your points are...besides the point. The problem is in part one of supply and demand. Because there is a shortage of priests, the Church is afraid to take harsh measures that would result in the loss of significant numbers of priests. If married men could be priests, that would increase the supply, and make it more palatable to weed out the misfits. (It's not that hard to figure out which priests like the young boys in an inappropriate way.) You're right--making pedophiles marry would not solve the problem. I'm not suggesting that we do that--rather that we fire the pedophile priests at the first hint of trouble. There would still be molesters even with married priests--just a lower rate. The Church needs to face up responsibly to the fact that fewer and fewer young men have vocations.