CNN.com - Pope: Bar deviants from priesthood - September 5, 2002 The pope, who has said before he felt personally wounded by the child sex scandals, told the Brazilians he felt "a duty" to remind all bishops they had to use "all means" at their disposal to keep unqualified men out of the priesthood.
Candidates, he said, had to be screened "above all from the standpoint of morals and affections."
He said those who should never be allowed to make it to ordination included "young, immature men or those with obvious signs of deviations in their affections."
"As we sadly know, such men can cause grave deviations in the consciences of the faithful, with obvious harm for the entire Church," he said.