i love my friends. i love my life. i respect their decision in life. but i want to produce my life to their life p the pure relationship that i have with god is far more greater than any relationship that you will ever find with another being. reporter: celibacy doesn t bother them and they certainly don t think it s the blame for pedophile priests. the people that have committed these crimes, these sins, i mean, they would have this inclination whether or not they were married. reporter: he started training for the priesthood when he was just 16 years old, more than 50 years ago. translator: we weren t allowed to touch each other or call each other by our first names. the director would say to us, be careful of special friendships. but when i asked him what he meant, he said it s probably best that you don t know. reporter: at 44, he fell in love and left the priesthood to get married. he thinks there is a much