Some sexual abuses have been perpetrated by some priests. But it has not been the fault of celibacy. Some priests are tempted to engage in sexual relations with women. Marriage, it is said, would cure their temptations. Perhaps in some cases.
Human nature is weak.
But of course, given a priest's training and self-discipline and understanding and sensitivity, one might expect his marriage to be idyllic. In my judgment, but wanting to be both sympathetic and realistic, many priests are no more exempt from an impossibly romantic concept of marriage than are many very young lay persons in love. Some expectations are rarely fulfilled, if not indeed, unfulfillable. Some marriages are, indeed, wonderfully happy, bordering on the idyllic. Make no mistake.