Absolutely it’s about the celibacy. All you men, ask yourselves…what would it do to you to never, ever, ever be allowed to release that physical tension, ever again in your life, under threat of eternal damnation…which you believe?
I would say that was the beginning, but now I think it’s some sort of tradition that gets passed on through the priest hood. Somehow sex is OK if it’s with kids or something. As long as it’s not with a woman (who could be a wife) or with yourself, it’s OK. I guess homosexuality is bad too. These things are specifically addressed as a sin by the church. Pedophilia is not.