Priestly Celibacy and Its Roots in ChristJohn Burger's interview with Father Thomas McGovernNational Catholic Register May 19-25, 2002Related Article: Celibacy Isn't the Problem - It's the Answer, Say PriestsFather Thomas McGovern, a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei in Dublin, is the author of "Priestly Celibacy Today." He was interviewed recently by Register staff writer John Burger on issues about celibacy raised by the current sex abuse crisis.Why is it that among the general population celibacy is in some way seen to be at the root of the sex abuse problem?For some time there have been insistent...
