Should the recent publicity concerning priestly pedophilia discourage me from following a priestly vocation?
The answer to this question depends upon a man’s character. If he is weak and sentimental by nature, and given over to a display of affection, then he is effeminate. The priesthood is not for him, and he must renounce every effort to attempt it. He will fail as a priest, for he does not have the necessary qualities and leadership. A man who has a physical attraction to boys and other men has an impediment to a priestly or religious vocation. He does not have a vocation, and must not attempt to enter, for if discovered this tendency will result in his immediate dismissal. However, a spiritual man who is strong in character, and neither sentimental nor effeminate, and who has no attraction to boys or young men, should not allow the media’s attack on the Catholic priesthood to discourage. The world has never understood chastity, and is not about to do so now at the beginning of the 21st century. The man who is called to live a life of perfect chastity must expect to be a contradiction to
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