Newspaper Claims It's Hetero Illicit Thoughts

What's up with the church? BrooklynDodger wonders. The article implies these young priests are cruising chicks at the conclave, and being chastely requited. But who's to say it's only females cruisees. And, if the point is recruiting to the religious community, why not promote some of the female religious to positions of visability?

Dashing young priests turn heads at Youth Day
By Alexandra Hudson
COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - Young priests in sharp suits and sunglasses are turning heads and winning hearts at the Catholic World Youth Day festival in Cologne.
They are the type of men Pope Benedict hopes will secure the future of the Church and inspire youngsters to choose a religious life, which may be why he has insisted on addressing seminarians personally during his four-day visit to Germany.
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The more dashing young priests at World Youth Day seem to have an entourage of adoring teenage girls. …

New strategies for tapping this interest to boost new recruits have turned one young American priest into a pin-up.
Father Jonathan Meyer, wearing sunglasses and a sleek black cassock and clutching a crucifix, replicates Keanu Reeves' pose in the film "The Matrix" for a recruitment poster.
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"I know I am hanging in a few girls' bedrooms too, but that's fine -- we need their prayers for more priests," he said.
CHASTITY A TURN-OFF
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Although some young people say they admire priests' service to their parishes, chastity is a key stumbling block for many.
Asked if they had considered the priesthood, a group of Bavarian boys snigger and say no. Asked why not, one mutters "no sex."