AUSTRALIA
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AAP
Compulsory celibacy is misguided and shouldn’t be in place in the Catholic Church, an Australian priest says.
Celibacy is an ongoing struggle for some priests, a royal commission investigating the complex reasons behind widespread child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Australia has heard.
While the inquiry heard there’s no single reason for the abuse, Sydney parish priest and Aquinas Academy director Dr Michael Whelan argues mandatory celibacy is a huge issue for the church that needs to be addressed.
“I think the church’s law of compulsory celibacy is misguided and it should not be in place,” Dr Whelan told the inquiry on Monday.
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