History Main / DirtyOldMonk

-->-- '''Reverend Ronald Simms, the Dirty Vicar of St Michael's''', ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''

* Martin Luther in a DeletedScene from ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.

* Martin Luther in a DeletedScene from ''[=~Monty Python's The Meaning of Life~=]''.

* The Dirty Vicar in ''[=~Monty Python's Flying Circus~=]''.

* The Friar, Summoner, Pardoner, and Monk (although he's more of a SexyPriest version) from ''TheCanterburyTales''. Perhaps also the Nun's Priest, but he denies it.

* The possible UrExample and definite TropeCodifier is the title character of Molière's ''{{Tartuffe}}''. The entire plot of the play revolves around Tartuffe's lechery and general hypocrisy.

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*** Male sexuality was seen as [[AllMenArePerverts "a mighty river that could not be tamed,"]] and use of a prostitute was thought to be a far better option than extramarital affairs.

* Much of Frollo's villainy in ''{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame}}'' is driven by his lust for Esmerelda.

The depiction of such characters varies widely between Western and Eastern works; while manga and anime will often [[LovableSexManiac play it for laughs]] with Buddhist (or [[FantasyCounterpartCulture pseudo-Buddhist]]) monk/priest characters, Western works will usually portray such characters as depraved, hypocritical, and often outright predatory.

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* Thoroughly {{Averted}} in GirlsLove VisualNovel ''AoiShiro'' with the CoolOldGuy Suzuki Yuukai. You'd think an old man living alone in a rural temple would be a lot more... ''flustered'' being surrounded by blooming, beautiful highschool girl. To be fair, Suzuki is an acquaintance of the father of girls' teacher, so he view them (including said teacher) as granddaughters. He does become [[spoiler:Nekata Tsu]]Nami's adoptive grandfather in some route.

* Ikkou Satonaka, the monastic protagonist of ''AhMyBuddha'', can access a SuperMode fueled by lust for the [[UnwantedHarem many]] [[NaughtyNuns attractive]] [[NunsAreMikos Mikos]] he lives with.

** Might be even older, as the lecherous cleric is a stock character appearing in many a french farce from the middle-ages.

* The Friar, Summoner, Pardoner, and Monk (although he's more of a SexyPriest version from ''TheCanterburyTales''. Perhaps also the Nun's Priest, but he denies it.

* There are actually ''two'' of these in one of the ''[[{{Drachenfels}} Genevieve]]'' stories from KimNewman: Antonio Udolpho, a monk of [[TricksterGod Ranald]], disgraced because this trope, and the Kislevite revolutionary Prince Piotr Kloszowski (who is only ''pretending'' to be a priest of Morr, the god of dreams and death). Of course, since the [[TitleDrop Cold Stark House]] of Udolpho is cursed to be an eternal DeathIsCheap SoapOpera until its immortal patriarch dies, HilarityEnsues.

* The Friar and the Pardoner from ''TheCanterburyTales''.

* Perhaps the definite UrExample is found in Geoffrey Chaucer's ''CanterburyTales'' in the form of the Summoner and possibly the Friar and the Monk, making this trope OlderThanPrint at least.

!!Examples:

* The drunken monk in ''PrincessMononoke''.

* Benkei Musashibo from ''{{New Getter Robo}}''.

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* Martin Luther in a DeletedScene from ''MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.
* Friar Carl in ''VanHelsing'', [[InsistentTerminology but technically he's only a friar,]] [[BlatantLies so that makes it okay.]]

* Zephaniah Cromwell in ''CloudOfSparrows'', though he conceals it so well that other characters believe him to be {{asexual}}.

* Much of Frollo's villainy in ''TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' is driven by his lust for Esmerelda.
* There are actually ''two'' of these in one of the [[{{Drachenfels}} Genevieve]] stories from KimNewman- Antonio Udolpho, a monk of [[TricksterGod Ranald]], disgraced because this trope, and the Kislevite revolutionary Prince Piotr Kloszowski (who is only ''pretending'' to be a priest of Morr, the god of dreams and death). Of course, since the [[TitleDrop Cold Stark House]] of Udolpho is cursed to be an eternal DeathIsCheap SoapOpera until its immortal patriarch dies, HilarityEnsues.

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** From ''{{Blackadder}} II'', The Baby-Eating Bishop of Bath and Wells
* The Dirty Vicar in ''MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.

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** In some cases, there was a ''reason'' that the Church ran the brothels: the law ''required'' them to do so. In the Middle Ages, majority opinion was that prostitution could not be eliminated, so it was best for a trusted institution--the Church--to ensure that it happened safely and safely out of sight (i.e. in the RedLightDistrict). The monks may or may not have actually been customers.

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* Miroku from ''InuYasha''.

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* Keisei and Umehara from ''ShikabaneHime''.
* Miroku from ''InuYasha''.
* The drunken monk in ''PrincessMononoke''.
* Ikkou Satonaka, the monastic protagonist of ''AhMyBuddha'', can access a SuperMode fueled by lust for the [[UnwantedHarem many]] [[NaughtyNuns attractive]] [[NunsAreMikos Mikos]] he lives with.
* Yuki's brother from ''{{Gravitation}}''.

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* The possible UrExample and definite TropeCodifier is the title character of Molière's ''{{Tartuffe}}''. The entire plot of the play revolves around Tartuffe's lechery and general hypocrisy.
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** During TheRenaissance, the Popes were once again taking mistresses and generally behaving badly. While the most famous for his womanizing (and other things) is Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia), the other Popes of the era got in on the act, as well. At the same time, most priests and lower-level ecclesiastics were not half as bad, but many bishops, most archbishops, and pretty much all the cardinals engaged in lives of luxury, intrigue, nepotism, and multiple mistresses. However, the Reformation (and consequent Counter-Reformation) put the kibosh on all that.