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Monday, July 25th, 2016

The Catholic church must drop celibacy for its priests or lose school funding

Author:     James M Miller
Source:     The Sydney Morning Herald
Publication Date:     July 25 2016 - 12:00AM
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Stephan:   Australia much like the U.S. has an ongoing sexual molestation of children crisis involving Catholic clergy. As a country they have addressed it more aggressively than we in the U.S. and it has come to this in one of Australia's most prominent papers. I agree with the argument in this report but I doubt there will be rapid change. Older priests demand celibacy of younger ones, just as older eunuchs in Turkey supported the continuing castration of boys. "If I had to suffer it so should you."
The requirement for celibacy has no basis in scripture; no aspect of Catholic faith is at stake in its abolition. Credit: Scott Cramer

The requirement for celibacy has no basis in scripture; no aspect of Catholic faith is at stake in its abolition.
Credit: Scott Cramer

The scandal of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church will not be over until the lessons of this global tragedy are recognised and acted upon. From my own experience, I am convinced that to set things right the church (for which I retain respect) must abolish the requirement for priestly celibacy.

The good news is that this change can be made.
The requirement for celibacy has no basis in scripture; no aspect of Catholic faith is at stake in its abolition.
The requirement for celibacy has no basis in scripture; no aspect of Catholic faith is at stake in its abolition. Photo: Scott Cramer

The requirement for celibacy has no basis in scripture; no aspect of Catholic faith is at stake in its abolition. It is a matter of what is termed “discipline” […]

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