What I could never understand is how a woman would allow herself to lose her dignity by submitting to the many and varied solutions to the situations.....maybe because I'm not a cradle Catholic.
Children have rights written in law, [UN Convention] including to a father and a mother more the issue now with the church's stance on SSM and  concern for children of the unions.
I wouldn't mind betting this is where the good cardinal comes in with his statements, we can't have heterosexual clergy having children and abandoning them.