Not sure about the people doing the cover up. It sure looks though like a lot of Catholics are leaving the Church in Ireland probably more because of the cover up than the actions of these priests. The 60 Minutes segment said that some Catholic Churches in Ireland are down to 2% of the congregation lists.

That is something I have never really understood. The vow of celibacy in the Catholic Church. It seems to go against a very important human need for intimacy with another person.

Still remember St. Augustine's line about chastity. It goes like this-- please God let me be chaste, but just not yet.

From the original-- "Grant me chastity and continence, but not yet" (da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed noli modo).