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* How many priests do weneed? by Thomas O’Loughlin,first published in 2005 in NewBlackfriars, 86, pp 642-657.Now available to download at:www.marriedclergy.co.uk(under Suggested Reading).This article merits reading infull: O’Loughlin presents hiscase in much more detail, andmore cogently, than this briefsummary can.

n Mike Kerrigan chairs theMovement for Married Clergy

Radical renewal – ‘To approach an ideal ratio of priests to people, we would need to spread the net of ordination to the priesthoodmuch wider than at present. As a first step, to begin to make inroads on this shortage, we could ordain suitable married men.’

Picture: CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

TALKING POINTMike Kerrigan says the use of comparativestatistics underestimates the current crisis