Celibacy was done because of the teaching of clerical continence. This the practice of avoiding sexual intercourse before saying Mass which is based on the myth of messianic celibacy. While celibacy is promised (only chastity is avowed), it tends to attract people who are asexuals or seek an asexual ideal because they were born homosexual. St. Paul was likely the former but may have been the latter. Plato made asexuality an ideal in western civilization and we have not recovered since. Augustine may have been asexual, although he had a wife for a time, so he may have conformed to asexuality. He certainly championed its ideals. Aquinas was most obviously an Ace.

To deal with these issues honestly, clerical continence must go. It denigrates women and is based on unproven belief. Married people (including gays) need to be ordained and the ordained allowed to marry or remarry. Asexuals need to be encouraged to accept their rare sexuality and most importantly, ordain women.