From
Jane Anderson’s “Priest in Love: Roman Catholic Clergy and Their Intimate
Friendships” (a book of interviews with Australian priests) (p. 106):
Alternatively,
priests may use the “celibacy vaccine”, a priestly euphemism for alcohol, to
quell their desires. One priest, at the
beginning of his priesthood, was advised to choose “Punch” over “Judy”, meaning
alcohol over women.
. . .
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