[Steve_Seattle]

"you expect and demand it of your clergy"

Since the clergy take the vow, we expect it of them. No one needs to take the vow. I personally think priests should be allowed to marry, and even that the whole idea of a separate priesthood is unnecessary. And those who find they can't keep the vows should leave rather than live a lie.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Pretty decent answer, and i can respect that.

[Bluntpoint]

How many parrishes would become unviable if the church really cleansed itself of these priests?

That is the problem. Intellectual honesty demands that those who demand celibacy, also, accept vastly fewer and larger parrishes.