My question is simply this: do you think that effeminacy in the priesthood encourages certain kinds of sɛҳuąƖ sins?
The first reason this could be the case is simply that an effeminate priest is less likely to do the work necessary to make sure you are removing or diminishing the occasions of sin. For example, putting a filter on your computer, spending less time in-front of a screen, or getting rid of a smart phone if that is causing you to sin.
The second reason I'm thinking of though is that when the priest is really manly, other men feel a certain comradely with him. So when you are confessing to him sɛҳuąƖ sins, the human element of confession is all the more shameful.
In the diocese I grew up in, most of the priests are older, and many are effeminate. I've been told that someone went to at least 3 priests in one particular area and they all did not consider the most common sɛҳuąƖ sins all that bad. "Everyone does it" said one priest. Someone could go to confession week after week for years and never be admonished as to why they are not making more efforts to remove the occasions of sin or change their habits which might be leading them to fall over and over again.
Within the last year or two I've had a chance to meet a lot of younger priests, many who are more traditional, many who are more manly in the way they act and talk. These priests smoke (cigars and pipes), work out, some do martial arts, some shot guns, fish, or hunt. And I'm getting to the age where many of these priests are actually the same age as me now. Even though they are bound by the seal, it would be extremely shameful to constantly come back to them for years without making any progress regarding these very serious vices.
I've heard Fr. Ripperger and other priests talk about how pornography is an absolute plague. But it is something that I think can be overcame and avoided. Do you think these factors effect the tenancy of these types of vice in the laity?