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In theory, priests and nuns are not supposed to have any sexuality at all which is an unreasonable and unnatural expectation IMHO.

True, that is why it is a vocation and a religious person will require God's help to succeed. When you turn from God and look to fulfill your personal desires instead, you are not abiding by your solemn vows.

But God gave men and women sex drives. To deny our biological needs is folly IMO. Martin Luther broke from the RCC because of the prohibition on priests to marry (in part, there were like 13 theses on the church door in Wurttenburg if I recall, the selling of indulgences was another issue). My whole argument boils down to the fact that I do not equate gays to being de facto perverted and or more likely to be pedophiles. I have known more than one gay person, and outwardly they have all been the same as you and me. What causes some people to be that way and not others? Some say it's a chemical imbalance yet medical science has yet to find exactly what imbalance might cause it. Some say it's a "choice" but I disagree. A person is either born that way or not. How many people try to live a "straight" life and fail because it just is not who they are? I think sexual relations between consenting adults is no one's business but the adults in question. Do I approve of marital infidelity? Hell no! Nor do I think one should wait until marriage to have sex nor do I think sex is merely for procreation. If it were I think our mating habits would be more regulated like most animal reproductive patterns. Do I think gays are "evil" or sinful? No. God made them the way they are for a reason, I don't think any of them asked to be born "gay". Do they (or should they) parade their sexuality in bizarre fashion? No. But much of that comes from a self-defensive position given societal prohibitions and disfavor with their sexuality. I think the priests guilty in exploiting/abusing children (or anyone abusing a child for that matter) should be castrated. If they cannot handle their drives then remove what causes it. In Turkey the Sultan's seraglio had eunuchs serving it. If the Catholic Church is so bent on its priests and nuns being celibate and unconstrained by a sex drive, maybe the Sultan had the best idea....