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I am not Cathlic but I did go to Catholic school. I do think the celibacy vow should be lifted. However, it should notbe lifted because it would cut down on molestation but because God never "said" preists and nuns had to be celibate forever. Sexuality is a gift given to us by God. God would not have given it to us if He meant for it to be restricted in the way that celibate Catholic clergy must. As DoggyStyle82 pointed out, celibacy was a tool of the church for property definition. That makes the celibacy vow even more ridiculous to me. Although, from the Church's stand point, how can they repeal a vow that has been in place for hundreds of years? If that's what their faith dictates to them then they cannot turn away from it in a tumultuous time. At any rate, I think it does need to be lifted and this scandal could act as the catalyst for some serious consideration of the celibacy vow.
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