VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope John Paul said on Monday that scandalous behaviour among Catholic priests must be “confronted and corrected” and stressed the need for celibacy.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope John Paul said on Monday that scandalous behaviour among Catholic priests must be “confronted and corrected” and stressed the need for celibacy. “(Priests) are called to be detached from material things and to devote themselves to the service of others through the complete gift of self in celibacy,” the 83-year-old pope said. “Scandalous behaviour must at all times be investigated, confronted and corrected,” he told an audience with visiting Sudanese bishops in an apparent reference to recent sex scandals that have shaken the Church.