May sound crazy, but I almost joined a cloister when I was a virgin of 17 yrs old. I was pretty devout and really into it. The celibacy aspect didn’t bother me at the time, I thought it was powerfully interesting, the whole self-denial process, flagellation, etc… Obviously I didn’t join after all, although it still evokes admiration for those few who do it correctly. And no, I don’t have any hang-ups, but I converted in my teens, not a cradle Catholic.
Interesting theory:
In an interview, Father McBrien explained, “The Eastern Orthodox do not have celibate clergy, and they have no sexual abuse crisis. When you require celibacy as a life-long commitment from any control group, you are inevitably, automatically and infallibly limiting your pool of potential recruits to one of the thinnest slices of the population.
“There are some healthy people who practice celibacy. But that requirement of the priesthood will attract a disproportionately high percentage of men who are sexually dysfunctional, sexually immature, or whose orientation will raise the question – are they attracted to the priesthood because of the ministry, or because it is a profession that forbids one to be married?”
https://www.virtueonline.org/only-half-catholic-priests-are-celibate-mike-mcmanus