Is mandated celibacy the reason so many priests wind up as pedophiles?
No. Lack of loving devotion to the Virgin Mary is one reason. See the following promises. The rosary is explained here: http://www.sancta.org/rosary/how.html The fifteen promises of Mary to Christians who recite the rosary: 1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary shall receive signal graces. 2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary. 3. The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against Hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies. 4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means. 5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall not perish. 6. Whoever shal
