If there is any diffuculty with the Cardinals position after the last 4 Months of Agony in watching the church implode on the Homosexual abusers in the priesthood, the cardinals detractors need their heads examined.
Look up Richard Sipes Book, "Sex, Priests and Power" where he states of 50 Gay Priests interviewed by a Priest only 4 were celibate and 22% had 500 sexual partners or more.
Get a grip on Reality.
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The Boy Scouts is way ahead of the Church on this matter.