That's because I don't have the theory you're attributing to me.
If I do have a theory here, it's this: the priesthood attracts, along with the fine young men who do have a valid vocation, men with less-than-honorable reasons why they are not interested in marriage. Because there has been a shortage of priests for the past X years, formation directors may not be as thorough as they ought to be in discerning a valid vocation. They need to tighten up that discernment process.
But that leaves the church with an even greater shortage of priests. That could be alleviated by men who did feel a valid call to the priesthood but were not granted the charism of celibacy, and hence left the active priesthood by the laicization process in order to marry.
Minor point: the "out" homosexuals as a group are very firm in stating that they have no interest in and are opposed to sex with boys. Homosexuals in that sense and pedophiles are two distinct groups of people.
I do feel that I am offending Catholics in this series of posts, by offering comments I thought might be helpful. Accordingly, if a Mod. would be willing to delete my posts in this thread and edit out what from others was a direct response to them, I'd be grateful. I have no wish to offend here.
