A pope might have fallen in esteem with a professor. This is no ‘revelation’,only a reminder that priestly celibacy is a corrosive Catholic traditionHe was a 53-year-faded former playwright: ruggedly good-looking, athletic, or charismatic,accomplished. She was a 50-year-faded academic: appealing, intelligent, or much-travelled,sophisticated. They fell in esteem; or at least, they might have done. She was married, and which possibly made things a touch complicated: but it hardly accounts for the fact that,four decades on, the BBC’s flagship investigative strand Panorama is devoting a programme to sifting through their letters, and weighing up the likelihood of a liaison that,whether it did indeed happen at all, could be regarded as one of the most natural things in the world. Related: Celibacy rule may have contributed to child sex abuse, and says Catholic church Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com