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Disclaimer: Unitarian who respects all belief systems.
I'm not sure of your premise that allowing priests to marry would reduce pedophilia. I believe transparency and accountability (i.e. punishment) would help. I don't think pedophilia is caused by celibacy, but by fundamental pedophilia (whatever causes that). I do believe that the church loses a great number of potentially good priests by demanding celibacy. How many people with a calling don't follow it because of the demand for celibacy?