Australian archbishop says married indigenous priests 'highly likely'

There is “no way you’re going to recruit a celibate clergy in those cultures,” said Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge

The Archbishop of Brisbane, Australia, has called for the Vatican to authorize the ordination of married men to the priesthood for ministry among the country’s indigenous communities.

Archbishop Mark Coleridge made the call in an interview published Saturday with the newspaper The Australian. The archbishop argued that married priests ordained from withi…