[Bluntpoint]

It is not just sex. It is the natural longing for family and commitment.

To crave such a life is not akin to a sexual free-for-all.

To deny your church leaders this, is unnatural and leads to the delusional thinking of many of today's adherents that what is happening in the church today and 100 years ago, is and wasn't happening.

You can claim the moral highground by demanding such. But look what you have as a result.

[Antoninus]

To deny your church leaders this, is unnatural and leads to the delusional thinking of many of today's adherents that what is happening in the church today and 100 years ago, is and wasn't happening.

You're speaking from profound ignorance, so you can be forgiven. Church leaders have a family--the entire Church. We are their children. For those of a proper mindset, the priesthood is the most fulfilling vocation a man could ask for.

Are people weak? Do people sin? Of course! Even priests who have taken solemn vows before God Almighty. The difference today is that there are certain elements of our society that think that sexual misconduct as it has been defined for thousands of years shouldn't be considered a sin anymore. Unfortunately, many of the priests and religious in this country have bought into this worldly zeitgeist. Pray for them, that they may remain true to the Gospel as preached by Jesus Christ, not the modern secular gospel of instant gratification.

[Aliska]

You can claim the moral highground by demanding such. But look what you have as a result.

I don't demand priests be celibate. Even if they weren't there would be other problems.

[Conservative til I die]

To deny your church leaders this, is unnatural

My mind is still blown at how anyone can "deny" or "force" a voluntary vow onto anyone.

[saradippity]

You don't know what we have but if they actually take a look,they would probably find our abusing priests are a smaller per centage of the total population of priest than the per centage of abusers in any other category of population.