It is completely untrue that celibate priests are more likely to be pedophiles than any other group of men, married or not. Pedophilia affects only 0.3 percent of the population of Catholic clergy, and sexual abusers in general account for less than 2 percent of Catholic priests. These figures are comparable to rates among married men, as non-Catholic scholar Philip Jenkins points out in his book Pedophiles and Priests. Other Protestant denominations have admitted to having similar problems among their own married clergy, so clearly the problem is not with celibacy.
First of all, "celibate priests" are, by definition, not engaging in sexual activity with anybody. Second, I just do not buy into the statistical argument unless the term "pedophilia" is read to exclude "sex" with teenaged boys, in which case perhaps it is true. I don't think that ignoring the problem of active homosexuals in the priesthood is an effective way to defend priestly celibacy.
Would anyone put McBrien on TV if he weren't "catholic?" If the heretics and schismatics had the courage to leave the Church, they'd be nobodies and they can't stand not to be noticed
We did, a few centuries ago...
You mean the modernists who thought that everyone should be able to read the Word of God in their native tongue? The modernists who thought it was ok for the common man to read His Word? The modernists who believe the world is round and that the earth is not the physical center of the universe?
You mean those modernists?