Is Celibacy Healthy? Actually, Yes

Well, that's interesting:

"Is celibacy healthy?"
Father James Martin, S. J., via Our Sunday Visitor (April 14, 2010)
"Popular Jesuit author and priest refutes common misconceptions about choosing a life without sex"

"In light of the recent explosive news of sexual abuse by priests in Europe, many in the media are wondering again if celibacy leads to abuse. Can you be healthy and celibate?..."

Father James Martin goes into a fair amount of detail, but the short answer to "Can you be healthy and celibate?" is:

• yes

But a word of advice to Americans: Don't expect to be invited back, if you say so at the next party you attend. America has rules about what's polite, and what's not.

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A tip of the hat to CatholicNewsSvc, on Twitter, for the heads-up on this article.