Talked about. but today that has it s utterly different. today every seminary in the world, certainly in the united states, is going to have core courses on on sexual development, on emotional development. and i can also tell you that one of the first things that happens when somebody shows up and says i want to be a catholic priest is that guy is going to be sent out for an assessment by a psychiatrist. and a huge component of that is going to be his sexual maturity. also, candidates for the priesthood today are encouraged to talk openly with veteran priests who have been in the field a long time about the joys, but also the struggles of trying to live a celibate life. i think it is a much more open atmosphere in talking about what this means. one other point is in the old days guys would often go into the seminary when they were very young, 12, 13, 14 years old before they had any real experience of dating or girlfriends or anything like that. today it s much more common for