re: #76 reine.de.tout

Celibacy is an issue only in so far as, if you already know that you’re going to be hiding your sexuality, then joining an organization that encourages one to repress one’s sexuality, or channel it, or whatever, would be natural.

Hell, I can see someone who knew they were a pedophile joining the church to try to find a way to control themselves.

It is not that celibacy causes molestation, but that a life of apparent celibacy is more attractive to a couple of different sorts of molesters; those looking to hide, and those wanting help.