Group denounces proposal to let married men enter priesthood

HARRISBURG (AP) -- An association of conservative Roman Catholic priests has denounced a petition signed by 160 fellow clergy in Milwaukee arguing that married men should be allowed to enter the priesthood.
The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, which says it represents more than 600 priests and deacons in the United States and Canada, said making celibacy optional would not solve the clerical sex-abuse crisis.
The Rev. John Trigilio, Jr., president of the confraternity, put blame for the molestation scandal on "bad theology, bad liturgy and bad morality" and urged the bishops to affirm celibacy and ensure that the theology taught at Catholic colleges and in seminaries adhered to church teaching.