catholics worry about future of priests

now that the priests are being made to answer for their abuse of children, their power, their congregates; the church is wondering where all the priests are....?  it's reported that the celibacy of priesthood is being challenged.  whoaaaaa...... finally some catholics are recognizing that humans have SEXUAL urges/needs/wants!!  it's unheard of!!

BBC Article:

Is the Roman Catholic priest an endangered species, or maybe an evolving one? New ones are proving hard to recruit. In this audio feature, Michael Ford lifts the lid on a debate going on within the Church about the future of priesthood.

Maligned in the media, pressured and often isolated in his job, signed up for life to a male-only celibate life which looks out of touch with the world around, what is the future for the Roman Catholic priest in Britain?

Michael Ford, a writer on spirituality and priesthood, talks with today's priests about their own experiences, ranging from the anger and disgust sometimes directed at them in the street to the deeply fulfilling life which their divine calling can offer. Why do some leave? Whom can they turn to for support? How is the Church attempting to guarantee the personal maturity and trustworthiness the office requires?

Radical questions are raised by Catholics themselves - bishops, priests, monks, nuns and lay. Priesthood as presently understood and exercised certainly has its critics and questioners. How will lay people and priests work together in a future where there are fewer priests to go round? The obligation to celibacy is being challenged, but who would pay the extra cost of kids in the presbytery? Even the possibility of women at the altar is being championed and discussed, despite Pope John Paul II's definitive ruling against it.