WASHINGTON (DC)
The Washington Times
February 6, 2019
By Cheryl K. Chumley
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, SNAP, is holding a summit this week to press Pope Francis into taking stronger action against clergy members who commit acts of sexual abuse.
Well and good. Stronger action is definitely warranted.
But a better course of action would be for the Catholic Church to open its priestly ranks to marriage.
Yes, Jesus was chaste. Yes, Paul, one of the apostles, recommended celibacy as a means of moving closer to God. But Peter, the first pope, was married
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