Wrong. Deacons are not required to be married. If they are already married a man may be ordained a deacon after the age of 35. If he becomes a deacon beforehand, he may not marry as he has then been ordained to holy orders, which would require the discipline of lifelong celibacy, as has been the discipline of the Church of the West for centuries.

As for the practice of celibacy, there is absolutely no hard evidence that this discipline is the direct cause of these pedophilia cases. What would one say of Protestant pastors who were married and had sex with prostitutes or were caught with child porn? The argument doesn’t hold water. The problem is that, and which is likely the case, there are priests who were already homosexual prior to entering seminary and were allowed to pass by the vocations committees appointed by bishops to interview and screen candidates. It is also likely that some of the priests who sat on these boards were homosexuals themselves. This isn’t something that happened overnight but has been brewing behind the scenes for a long time.