Illicit Celibacy and the Deposit of Faith tells the remarkably simple yet untold story of celibacy requirements for Catholic priests. It presents a different and historically insightful understanding of the mandatory celibacy law that was imposed upon the priesthood in 1139 AD, and its ultimate consequences for the church today. This book explains clearly for the modern Catholic little known historical events leading up to the celibacy law, a law which is now claimed to contradict infallible Church teachings of Jesus and His Apostles, thus invalidating all Church claims of  infallibility should the law not be removed.

This is an historical examination of mandatory celibacy laws and struggles by the priesthood to remain married during the Churches’ first thousand years, beginning when all clerics were required by God to marry and propagate, to the later measure of selling wives into slavery. This 900 year old error contradicts scripture, tradition and Catholic history. - today St. Peter would be denied ordination into the priesthood. For those interested in early Church history and later changes in Church teaching this book is an interesting read.

Theological Note – While this is a story of change within the Church it is also intended for Catholic teachers who wish to investigate questions presented. With that in mind, a simplified summary of theological questions raised by this book is presented:  HERE.

"What a tremendous amount of thought and work you have committed to your book Illicit Celibacy. It deserves serious reading and study by church authorities, especially those responsible for the education of seminarians. I wish you success and the broad readership it deserves. Unfortunately there is not a great deal of interest in the subject among Catholic clergy these days." A.W. Richard Sipe