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OldButInformed, I've seen that argument so many times over the last two decades, I've lost count.

It doesn't get any more true by being repeated, though.

Marriage doesn't magically take away the intent to harm children, just as celibacy doesn't magically create it.

You know what would have avoided the decades of criminal behavior by priests?

Honesty by the supposed leaders of the Catholic Church. Transparency. Insistence on bringing their priests' criminal behavior to law enforcement instead of covering it up.

The utter failure of the Roman Catholic Church in dealing with their rapist priests had nothing to do with orthodoxy and everything to do with how its human representatives chose to protect their institution instead of the people in their care.