Akenaton:
         I think most would agree that the celibacy rule has outlived it's usefulness and that its implementation has a tendency to attract eccentric candidates more than it does those would serve us well.
JP II went a long way towards bringing the church up-to-date and his years of ill health allowed the seeds that he had planted, time to grow.
Benedict is no spring chicken but has refused to be just a caretaker in his declining years.
He has chosen to tackle this subject head on and is probably quite prepared to take what's coming to him from the victims and the faithful.
The rest is just static.
The problem has more to do with the abuse of power than homosexuality and has manifest itself in Sex Abuse probably but not entirely because of the celibacy rule.
Case in point... That bloke that picked him up at the airport.... he's married, right?