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Priests should be allowed to marry and have sex, says Britain's top Catholic
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[quote:RDprofessor:MV8yMTQ4NjU0XzM2MzAzNTEyX0Q4OEQ0QUE2] Celibacy of the Clergy (History) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03481a.htm [/quote]
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The most senior Catholic clergyman in Britain has suggested that priests should be able to marry and have sex. In a major departure from current church teachings, Cardinal Keith O’Brien said the new Pope could consider changing the rules around priestly celibacy.
Catholic priests have in fact been permitted to marry and have sex for longer in the Roman Catholic Church’s lifetime than they have been forbidden. It was only in the eleventh century that the laws insisting upon celibacy for all priests were officially formalised. Anglican clergy who have defected to Rome have also been allowed to stay in marital relationships.
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