When there’s infidelity in a committed relationship, especially a marriage, people generally don’t get over it too well.

The finger is pointed, and it’s awful hard in such a situation, emotionally laden as it is, to see the fingers that are pointing back.

There are people who go on to have rewarding relationships that are stronger than ever. But most either split or, if they stay together, never quite trust again.

Whether priests ought to continue to be celibate or be allowed to marry is once again a hot topic in the Roman Catholic Church, with the Pope himself taking a strong position in favor of continuing the rule of celibacy.

The current debate has arisen out of a huge scandal in several European countries, which are now going through the pedophilia investigations as happened a while ago in the United States.