Men reveal how hard it is to give up sex to become Catholic priests https://t.co/VihmRRY94r There’s lots of priests who didn’t worry about giving up sex. Royal Commission showed that as well as the number of children who have priests for fathers. — Jim Luthy (@goulburn1) October 14, 2019Continue Reading

http://bit.ly/2VvnJup Priests in most Western Catholic churches have to swear an oath of celibacy, which was more about making it easy to deal with church property than holiness, she said. “For centuries its failure has been hidden. Now it is very public.” She has spoken out on the topic before,Continue Reading

https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/examining-crisis/secret-sex-celibate-system To the average person, this demand of Canon Law 277 imposes a seemingly impossible task, namely perfect and perpetual continence. Although the church propagates the myth that bishops and priests are celibate, this is not based on fact. Several modern studies have used various methods to measure the degreeContinue Reading

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/do-the-right-thing/201003/six-important-points-you-dont-hear-about-regarding-clergy-sexual First, if Catholic clergy aren’t more likely to be sex offenders than other clergy or men in general, then celibacy can’t be blamed by iteself. Most sex offenders are not celibate clergy. Most are married or partnered. Furthermore, many men who don’t have sex for a variety of reasonsContinue Reading