Ummm...??? Women priests are not going to solve the problem.
No. I believe you're right, Michie. Moreover, I've just read that Francis says John-Paul II pronounced on it, and its settled church doctrine. I was wondering if my suggestions would be viewed as too unrealistic, with a consequent massive dearth of candidates. But it seems a shame that some women would, I expect, have made great pastors. Perhaps some Protestant ones are. There I go again, questioning God's wisdom !
Well, I do believe that one of the main the reasons, if not the main reason, women have been subordinated by patriarchy is, not that they are less spiritual, but that they are more spiritual.
I think maybe one of the key worries concerning women priests, more than ever today, is that it would encourage the wrong type of feminism among certain worldly-wise, 'go-getter'-type of women, upsetting the basic order ordained by God - what with galloping transgenderism, lesbianism, same-sex marriage, etc.
I know married priests wouldn't necessarily solve the problem of abuse, but there is something particularly hideous about supposedly celibate priests leading a double life. It's like simony - making a mockery of God and his Church.