History Main / SexyPriest

* Father Peter Clifford as played by Stephen Tompkinson in ''Series/{{Ballykissangel}}'' was seen as an example of this. In fact in a 1997 FakeCrossover for UsefulNotes/ComicRelief with ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'' the plot centred around Reverend Geraldine Granger attempting to get a kiss from Father Clifford.

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* ''Manga/CesareIlCreatoreCheHaDistrutto'' is about Cesare Borgia, one of the most well-known examples of this from real life (and no, [[DatedHistory he wasn't as evil]] as some [[Literature/MirrorMirror books]] and [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII games]] would have you believe. This series is a refreshing aversion of his family's usual HistoricalVillainUpgrade). In vol. 6, he gets dressed up in all his finery as a bishop, and several characters comment on his beauty, saying they've never seen a more beautiful priest.

* Father Gabriel of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' has gained a lot of fan girls and is forgiven for ''some'' of his AmbiguouslyEvil tendencies because of his attractiveness. Since he has a few shades of SinisterMinister it may also be an example of EvilIsSexy. Fortunately, he pulled a HeelFaceTurn and hoped onboard with the idea of being a hero among the survivors. He also [[WhenSheSmiles smiles]] more often now that he's regained his faith in life.

* In the film ''Film/{{Amen}}'', young Jesuit priest Riccardo Fontana, played by Mathieu Kassovitz, is quite a looker...

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* The Witch craze in Loudun, France, was started in 1632 when an amorous priest named Urbain Grandier was brought on [[KangarooCourt trial]] for witchcraft. Said priest had earlier on publicly humiliated some local bishop named [[MagnificentBastard Armand Jean du Plessis]] and who went on to become [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers Cardinal]] sometime later. It is the basis of the movie ''The Devils'' mentioned above.
* There's a calendar featuring male Mormon missionaries. The things one learns from Creator/StephenFry...
** There's also [[https://www.britishherald.com/2022/12/16/the-hot-priest-calender-aka-calendario-romano/ one featuring actual priests.]]
* In American Roman Catholic popular culture, such priests are known as [[http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Christianity/Catholic/2000/11/Father-What-A-Waste.aspx "Father What-A-Waste."]]
* [[MeaningfulName Father Cutie]] is not exactly hard on the eyes, and [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130826151641/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1896581,00.html he seems to know it.]]
* The Reverend [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Auken Ida Auken]] of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark, also an MP (originally a member of the Socialist Party, later a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party) and Danish Minister for the Environment 2011-14. This being a Lutheran church, not only is a woman allowed to be a priest, but they're allowed to marry; her mother was ''also'' a priest (and a Social Democratic MP).
* Pope Benedict XVI's [[RightHandHottie private secretary]], Monsignor Georg Gänswein, is known throughout the Vatican as [[http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&tbs=isch:1&&sa=X&ei=Vh67TJngE8H88Ab02szHDg&ved=0CCMQBSgA&q=georg+gaenswein&spell=1&biw=1280&bih=626 "Beautiful George"]] because of his good looks. Possibly the only Vatican official in history to attract the attention of the tabloids and the paparazzi (that's the photographers, NOT Sun-speak for the then-current Pontiff).
* Muslim example: Abdullah Gymnastiar, an Indonesian ''da'i'' (quite close to "minister"), well-known to Malay-speaking public. Every Muslim is allowed to marry, and he's married (twice).
* [[Creator/ZacharyQuinto Zachary Quinto's]] Before/After video has him dressed up as one. Several comments from fans are of how they are going to hell for thinking that.
* Karol Woltyla, better known as Pope John Paul II. Since he became famous only as pope, an older man, he also falls under IWasQuiteALooker.
* In a particularly {{squick}}y example of this trope, in 1977 a woman named Joyce [=McKinney=] was so taken with handsome Mormon missionary Kirk Anderson that she [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manacled_Mormon_case abducted and raped him.]]
* [[GorgeousGreek Athanasios Diakos]] was originally an [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Greek Orthodox Christian]] monk who according to tradition, was considered so handsome that even [[EvenTheGuysWantHim an Ottoman general desired him]]. The ensuing altercation resulted in the official's death and Athanasios becoming a fugitive and freedom fighter.
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** There's also [[http://guanabee.com/2009/01/what-the-frock-vatican-priest-calendar-makes-us-feel-catholicky-guilty one featuring actual priests.]]

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