Foreword / by Robert Coles, M.D. -- Part I. The background and the context. Why this subject? Apologia pro studiis suis -- Celibacy and the sexual revolution -- The origins of celibacy -- The meanings of celibacy -- Part II. The practice versus the profession. Patterns of heterosexuality -- The homosexualities -- The masturbations -- Priests and children -- Sexual compromises -- The sex drive -- When priests become fathers -- Part III. The process and the attainment. Living with celibacy -- the achievement of celibacy -- The future of celibacy : reality and ritual
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