When I was an alter boy, our head priest told us that priests couldn’t be married and women couldn’t be priests because women were a distraction to their commitment to god.
He also said that menstruation and other womanly challenges were a “punishment” from god because Eve ate the apple and tempted Adam.
Basically,,, women = bad
Little boys however, we’re fair game.
Gotta love the Catholic Church.
And yes, I was an alter boy for three years but no, nothing happened. The priests were so drunk most of the time, they could barely hold mass.