Any organisation that tells men and women (nuns) they should be celibate is going against the laws of nature. Trouble can only ensue. Repressed sexual feelings can cause a variety of outcomes including mental illness, sadistic and aberrant behaviour. The Pope is vising Ireland in the next week, it will be interesting to see what he has to say to the victims of clerical abuse.

Does anyone know why priests are celibate?

That’s part of the problem, right? The priesthood gives men a legitimate reason to be (or appear to be) celibate,

True, that!