More than sex

At no point in his letter ("Reinstate laicised priests", April 26) does Fr Edward Butler mention marriage, but I assume that when he argues for non-mandatory celibacy, he is saying that priests should be allowed to marry. I find his letter distasteful because it seems to see the marriage relationship only in terms of "sexual delights". It is a many-faceted relationship; intellectual, spiritual, religious, sexual, caring, humorous, cooperative and so on. It is disconcerting that some members of the hierarchy hold Fr Butler's view of the marriage relationship.
Thérèse Layton, Harrow