History Main / DirtyOldMonk

* ''Series/TheBorgias'' has several, most notably the VillainProtagonist Rodrigo Borgia himself, who is ''UsefulNotes/{{the Pope}}'' (TruthInTelevision).

* Yuki's brother Tatsuhafrom ''{{Manga/Gravitation}}''. Tatsuha is a a 16-year-old monk who is obsessed with Ryūichi and watches his Nittle Grasper video repetitively. He's quite the perverted and obsessive fan.
* Miroku from ''Manga/InuYasha''. He would touch other girls butts and every time he meets a woman, he would ask, "Would you bear my children?" even the demons. And it's actually InTheBlood, sort-of: his grandfather was once defeated and cursed by Naraku, who appeared to him as a beautiful woman. Add how Miroku was raised by ''yet another'' DirtyOldMonk after his father died, and is it any wonder that he turned out to be the local HandsomeLech? Somewhat justified though as the curse of the Wind Tunnel will eventually kill him so he only has a limited amount of time to father children in if he fails to break it.

* ''Film/DeadtimeStories'': In "Peter and the Witches", Peter is easily able to lure the local pastor into the witches lair with promise of sex with two beautiful young women. When the witches (whom the pastor sees as beautiful young seductresses) place a shackle around his neck, his only reaction is an enthusiastic "A little bondage, eh?".

* In ''Film/TheRibaldTalesOfRobinHood'', Friar Tuck not only indulges in his usual vices of gluttony, drunkenness and thievery, but receives blowjobs from wenches.

* A hunter realizes the local monastery eats rabbit every day despite not raising them, so he asks how they do it. "Well my son, what you do is this: stick two fingers in a woman's cunny, and then down the rabbit-hole. They can't resist the smell, you see." The hunter is surprised but decides to try it out. He goes home, sees his wife scrubbing the floor, and lifts up her dress to do as the monk said, when he hears his wife say "Hunting for rabbits again, Brother?"

** Two monks have fathered children (one of them being Cadfael himself), but in both cases it was before they joined the monastery (and in the second's case, he thought both girl and child had died (a thought encouraged by her mother [[spoiler:since she had the hots for him]]) and waited until he thought he was dying to confess).

** The unfortunate brother Nhumrod from ''Literature/SmallGods'', who is tormented every waking moment (and even worse in his sleeping moments) by thoughts of a luxurious nature. As he's also the master of the novitiates, he is always reminding them of the dangers of this sin (according to the older novitiates, asking him about it is quite educational, especially when he starts foaming at the mouth).

* The Friar, Summoner, Pardoner, and Monk from ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''. The Pardoner isn't technically a clergyman, but he makes a brisk business selling indulgences and fake artifacts, and is heavily implied to be homosexual. The Monk doesn't even pretend to follow his monastic vows (he claims its because he's [[OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions "modern"]]) so he's more of a SexyPriest version. The Friar tries to hide his wenching, but is so transparent that no one is fooled, and he and the Summoner, who is similarly hypocritical, trade barbs with each other over it. Perhaps also the Nun's Priest, but he denies it.

* There are actually ''two'' of these in "The Cold Stark House", one of the ''Genevieve'' stories from Creator/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).

* In ''Literature/TheGoodSoldierSvejk'' Otto Katz is depicted as "the most perfect of army chaplains". An [[UsefulNotes/TheSoundOfMartialMusic Austro-Hungarian]] UsefulNotes/WorldWarI military chaplain who is given to drink (he's TheAlcoholic of the novel where almost all characters are drinking heavily) and card games with other officers (though he's widely suspected of [[CardSharp hiding aces up in the sleeve of his cassock]] by them), but he is less inclined to visiting brothels, because he has some debts there. Instead he sends his orderly to fetch him a StreetWalker from time to time. His sermons and religious services are often considered quite refreshing, as his alcoholic ramblings and drunken improvisations sometimes remade a Holy Mass into an entirely new kind of show. In general he takes chaplaincy as "''[[OnlyInItForTheMoney just a well paid profession, where a fellow like me does not have to overwork himself]]''" (he was actually raised Jewish - [[InformedJudaism which apparently had not influenced him in any way]], either), but he also states that he is quite tolerant to his more religiously-minded colleagues.

** Thoros of Myr, technically a Red Priest of R'hllor. We say "technically", because at the start of the series, he's more like the enthusiastic wine-woman-and-song tourney buddy of Robert Baratheon's entire circle of friends than an actual priest: a years-long CrisisOfFaith (and the steadfast, quiet shelving of the orders you got regarding the conversion of the Seven Kingdoms) will do that. Unlike most Red Priests, Thoros just doesn't really go in for the BloodMagic, destroying demonic idols (aka those of other gods), being [[UncannyValley Mr Uncanny]] at others or the whole burning-people-alive thing in any big way, even though he does occasionally pull genuine miracles out and does talk about his, eventual, renewed faith and the contradictions inherent in the human condition.
** Septon Moon in the backstory detailed at ''Literature/TheWorldOfIceAndFire'' was a [[ChurchMilitant Faith Militant]] leader that led an uprising against the Targaryen dynasty, but his credentials as a holy man were questionable: he claimed that the only book he ever read was the [[SacredScripture Seven-Pointed Star]], but nobody ever saw him quote it or reading it himself despite being able to ramble speeches for hours on end. He had such an insatiable appetite for women that he bedded a different one every night. It was widely believed that his seed could turn barren women fertile and some would go as far as offering their ''wives, mothers, sisters and daughters'' to be [[ThePornomancer blessed with good fortune]], which he never declined. It got to a point his followers started using images of his [[GagPenis penis as symbol of their crusade]]. To his credit, he never hid his vices from his followers and started every sermon [[AtLeastIAdmitIt admitting that "I am a sinner"]].

* ''Series/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey''. Reverend Tenboom is far more interested in the native girls than doing his duty as a priest or a German spy.

* Thoroughly {{Averted}} in ''VisualNovel/AoiShiro'' with the CoolOldGuy Suzuki Yuukai. You'd think an old man living alone in a rural temple would be a lot more... ''invigorated'' being surrounded by blooming, beautiful highschool girls. 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.

* While he's not an "old" monk, ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' gives us [[HandsomeLech Saul]] - a priest who just can't help eyeing up every woman he sees and hitting on anything with two X chromosomes.However, [[RunningGag he never actually dates anyone]] - mostly [[HilarityEnsues due to increasingly ridiculous hijinks]] - and [[CelibateHero never actually sleeps with anyone]]. Furthermore, he takes his duties as a priest and faith in God surprisingly seriously and has a number of intellectual conversations with the atheist [[BrokenBird Igrene]]. It's ultimately implied that his attempted womanising is at least partly ObfuscatingStupidity: as he's been sent by the 'verse's equivalent of the Pope to keep an eye on the war raging across the land and protect [[TheHero Roy]] and, thus, play the part of a fool to make sure that he can remain beneath suspicion.

** In some areas of Europe, the local clergy just plain didn't bother with really implementing the celibacy rule for priests (the earlier ones, not the reinforcing with the Counter-Reformation). In practice, this seems to have ''lessened'' this trope -- the priests apparently had less of a desire for multiple mistresses when they already were in committed long-term relationships with de-facto wives.[[note]]The Bible actually ''requires'' church leaders to be married (1 Timothy ch. 3, for example), partly for this reason, but that's just one of the many parts of the Bible that Catholic tradition chooses to ignore.[[/note]] Papal envoys were unhappy, of course, but Rome was far away and your ''frilla'' was close... similarly, jokes notwithstanding, the Orthodox church seems to have fewer issues with this kind of thing. Probably because they let priests who are already married live with their wives (they take an oath of chastity, but the word "chastity" is interpreted differently).

* [[UsefulNotes/RasputinTheMadMonk Grigori Rasputin]], known as the Mad Monk, was famous for his bisexual promiscuity. Although, as with most things about Rasputin, these tales need to be taken with a grain of salt. He did spent some times in an Orthodox monastery, but was never formally ordained.
* The Sohei, Buddhist Warrior Monks in Japan were sometimes this trope. Despite supposedly seeking religious enlightenment, the were infamous for acting like gangs where they started fights with the local lords or other Warrior Monks from different temples. Due to some of their sect beliefs where they believe enlightenment can only be gained after they die rather than when they live, many of these monks rejected celibacy and enjoyed getting drunk, being with prostitutes or having wives and children.

* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': Sailor Mars' grandfather, who is a Shinto priest, but is definitely not above making lewd remarks towards his granddaughter's underage friends, and flirts with everyone regardless of gender.

* Much of deacon Frollo's villainy in ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' is driven by his lust for Esmerelda.

* The very first recorded use of any variant of the word "[[PrecisionFStrike fuck]]" (in this case a [[CypherLanguage slightly ciphered]] "[[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe fvccant]]", mashing an English root [[CanisLatinicus with a Latin ending]]) was used in a poem called "Flen Flyys", denouncing a bunch of horny monks having sex with the women of a village called Ely.

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

** Friar Bellows, one of the seven wickedest men in England, from ''The Series/BlackAdder''.

** Subverted in "[[Recap/BlackadderS1E3TheArchbishop The Archbishop]]", where Edmund ''pretends'' to be one of these to get excommunicated and lose his position as the Archbishop of Canterbury, due to the fact holders of the position tend to be [[HighTurnoverRate short lived]].

* Averted for the most part in ''Literature/BrotherCadfael'': two monks have fathered children (one of them being Cadfael himself), but in both cases it was before they joined the monastery (and in the second's case, he thought both girl and child had died (a thought encouraged by her mother) and waited until he thought he was dying to confess).

** In some areas of Europe, the local clergy just plain didn't bother with really implementing the celibacy rule for priests (the earlier ones, not the reinforcing with the Counter-Reformation). In practice, this seems to have ''lessened'' this trope -- the priests apparently had less of a desire for multiple mistresses when they already were in committed long-term relationships with de-facto wives. Papal envoys were unhappy, of course, but Rome was far away and your ''frilla'' was close... similarly, jokes notwithstanding, the Orthodox church seems to have fewer issues with this kind of thing. Probably because they let priests who are already married live with their wives (they take an oath of chastity, but the word "chastity" is interpreted differently).

** The unfortunate brother [[UnfortunateNames Nhumrod]] from ''Literature/SmallGods'', who is tormented every waking moment (and even worse in his sleeping moments) by thoughts of a luxurious nature. As he's also the master of the novitiates, he is always reminding them of the dangers of this sin (according to the older novitiates, asking him about it is quite educational, especially when he starts foaming at the mouth).

%%* The Bishop in ''[[Creator/MarquisDeSade The 120 Days of Sodom]]''
* The very first recorded use of any variant of the word "[[PrecisionFStrike fuck]]" (in this case a [[CypherLanguage slightly ciphered]] "[[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe fvccant]]", mashing an English root [[CanisLatinicus with a Latin ending]]) was used in a poem called "Flen Flyys", denouncing a bunch of horny monks having sex with the women of a village called Ely.
* Used several times in ''Literature/JudgeDee'', and PlayedForDrama (as the books are written in the style of actual Chinese detective novels of the time, Taoism and Buddhism were viewed with suspicion by the Confucian elite).
** The Judge's third wife was raped by a monk who saw her defenseless (before they married, it was mostly the doing of the judge's TopWife to ensure the daughter of a criminal would not be condemned to a life of poverty).
** A shrine renowned for allowing unfertile women to have children turns out to be run by monks who use a decidedly non-sanctioned method to conceive, counting on social stigma to keep the women from speaking out. The judge publicly says some of the pavilions did not have a secret entrance and therefore women impregnated at the shrine are not automatically guilty of adultery, through his official report gives the truth.
* Averted for the most part in ''Literature/BrotherCadfael'': two monks have fathered children (one of them being Cadfael himself), but in both cases it was before they joined the monastery (and in the second's case, he thought both girl and child had died (a thought encouraged by her mother) and waited until he thought he was dying to confess).
* ''{{Literature/Discworld}}'':
** The unfortunate brother [[UnfortunateNames Nhumrod]] from ''Literature/SmallGods'', who is tormented every waking moment (and even worse in his sleeping moments) by thoughts of a luxurious nature. As he's also the master of the novitiates, he is always reminding them of the dangers of this sin (according to the older novitiates, asking him about it is quite educational, especially when he starts foaming at the mouth).
** ''{{Literature/Snuff}}'' has the Ramkin property hermit, [[ALadyOnEachArm who uses his yearly two-week vacation to go to Quirm]] and ensure that the fine tradition of herming is passed down from father to son.
* Brother Hieronymus in ''[[Literature/ElsabethSoesten No Good Deed...]]'' is a scheming friar who drinks ale by the barrel, can't pass up a brothel to save his life, shamelessly hits on and ogles his female companion, fights, gambles, and generally abuses his position for personal and financial gain or just to get himself out of trouble when it all blows up in his face. [[{{Hypocrite}} He also sanctimoniously calls said companion out]] on her ''own'' loose morals.
* In ''Literature/TheGoodSoldierSvejk'' Otto Katz is depicted as "the most perfect of army chaplains". An [[UsefulNotes/TheSoundOfMartialMusic Austro-Hungarian]] UsefulNotes/WorldWarI military chaplain who is given to drink (he's TheAlcoholic of the novel where almost all characters are drinking heavily) and card games with other officers (though he's widely suspected of [[CardSharp hiding aces up in the sleeve of his cassock]] by them), but he is less inclined to visiting brothels, because he has some debts there. Instead he sends his orderly to fetch him a StreetWalker from time to time. His sermons and religious services are often considered quite refreshing, as his alcoholic ramblings and drunken improvisations sometimes remade a Holy Mass into an entirely new kind of show. In general he takes chaplaincy as "''[[OnlyInItForTheMoney just a well paid profession, where a fellow like me does not have to overwork himself]]''" (he was actually raised Jewish - [[InformedJudaism which apparently had not influenced him in any way]], either), but he also states that he is quite tolerant to his more religiously-minded colleagues.
* There's a variation in the ''Literature/NewJediOrder''. [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Yuuzhan Vong]] science is more about religious doctrine and tradition than the scientific method, and master shapers - the highest-ranked scientists - are expected to live ascetic lives "above the carnal" dedicated to spirituality and knowledge. Master Shaper Kae Kwaad is a lecherous CloudCuckooLander who in between ranting incoherently and ordering nonsensical experiments spends most of his time hitting on his (young, female, attractive) apprentice [[PunchClockVillain Nen Yim]] in complete defiance of tradition, religion, and the expectations of his station. [[spoiler: Turns out he's actually Onimi, the Supreme Overlord's jester, in disguise - in his real identity he's just as much of a pervert, but can get away with it because he's basically untouchable and doesn't have to worry about social graces anyway]].

* Thomas in ''Literature/TheCrownerJohnMysteries'' is a cripple who used to be a priest as his deformities left him no real career opportunities except the Church. However, his weakness for the sins of the flesh got him defrocked after an attempted liaison with the daughter of a noble. Now a mere clerk, he continues to lech after pretty women but without success.
* In the Maggody series, Brother Verber (a Protestant preacher) spends a lot of time studying pornographic magazines and videos only so as to better understand how [[{{Satan}} the Devil]] might lead his flock astray (or at least that's what he tells himself).

* ''Series/TheBorgias'' has several, most notably the VillainProtagonist Rodrigo Borgia himself, who is ''UsefulNotes/{{the Pope}}'' (TruthInTelevision).
* ''Series/TheCommish''. Commissioner Scali uncovers a high-class escort ring, only to be bombarded with calls from politicians and important local businessmen pressuring him to drop the case. He's relieved when told there's a priest on the line, only for the priest also to express 'concern' about the case. Scali responds pointedly, "I'm sorry, but it is a crime...not to mention a ''sin''."
* In Episode 39 "Grandstand (or: The British Showbiz Awards)" of ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'', there is the "Dirty Vicar sketch". Here, it involves a vicar who [[SplitPersonality alternates without warning]] from a QuintessentialBritishGentleman and cockney-accented, lumbering brute that tackles two women, spouting "I like tits!" and "I'd like to get my fingers around those knockers" as he actively molests them.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzeL2Wu2RO8 The Old Monk]]", by the Merry Wives of Windsor.

* German medieval folk song 'Ein Mönch kam vor ein Nonnenkloster' ('[[DirtyOldMonk A monk]] came to the [[NunTooHoly nuns' cloister']]). [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The title says it all]]. Its variant is also known as 'Es reist ein Pater' ('A Father once traveled').
* The Canadian song "Le curé de Terrebonne" has a young woman confess that she's loved men. The priest tells her a sin of that caliber can only be handled in Rome. She asks if she needs to bring her man along, the priest suggests another penance: kiss him five or six times and receive absolution. He does ask that she not go around telling people about it, as he already has enough work as it is.

* Subverted in the Broadway musical ''Tenderloin''. The Rev. Dr. Brock, whose ambition is to shut down New York City's RedLightDistrict, becomes the city's laughingstock when Lt. Schmidt produces a photograph of him in bed with a naked prostitute. However, Tommy, whose camera was used to take the photograph, is able to prove that it is a composite.

* While he's not an "old" monk, ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' gives us [[HandsomeLech Saul]] - a priest who just can't help eyeing up every woman he sees and hitting on anything with two X chromosomes.However, [[RunningGag he never actually dates anyone]] - mostly [[HilarityEnsues due to increasingly ridiculous hijinks]] - and [[CelibateHero never actually sleeps with anyone]]. Furthermore, he takes his duties as a priest and faith in God surprisingly seriously and has a number of intellectual conversations with the atheist [[BrokenBird Igrene]]. It's ultimately implied that his attempted womanising is at least partly ObfuscatingStupidity: as he's been sent by the 'verse's equivalent of the Pope to keep an eye on the war raging across the land and protect [[TheHero Roy]] and, thus, play the part of a fool to make sure that he can remain beneath suspicion.

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%%* Keisei and Umehara from ''Manga/CorpsePrincess''.
* Miroku from ''Manga/InuYasha''. He would touch other girls butts and every time he meets a woman, he would ask, "Would you bear my children?" even the demons. And it's actually InTheBlood, sort-of: his grandfather was once defeated and cursed by Naraku, who appeared to him as a beautiful woman. Add how Miroku was raised by ''yet another'' DirtyOldMonk after his father died, and is it any wonder that he turned out to be the local HandsomeLech? Somewhat justified though as the curse of the Wind Tunnel will eventually kill him so he only has a limited amount of time to father children in if he fails to break it.

%%* Yuki's brother from ''{{Manga/Gravitation}}''.

%%* Franchise/SailorMoon: Sailor Mars' grandfather, who is a Shinto priest, but is definitely not above making lewd remarks towards his granddaughter's friends.

%%* Martin Luther in a DeletedScene from ''Film/MontyPythonsTheMeaningOfLife''.
* Friar Carl in ''Film/VanHelsing'', [[InsistentTerminology but technically he's only a friar,]] [[BlatantLies so that makes it okay.]][[note]]Friars are different from monks in that they travel around rather than staying in a monastery, but the celibacy applies to both.[[/note]]

* Brother Belcher in ''Film/CarryOnUpTheKhyber'' who has [[SexTourism sex with women]] in the [[UsefulNotes/TheRaj Indian]] markets that have "fallen" out of their religion. He's blackmailed into going on the mission by sending a pretty girl to catch his eye, whereupon our heroes 'accidentally' walk in on subsequent events.

* ''Film/DeadtimeStories'': In "Peter and the Witches", Peter is easily able to lure the local pastor into the witches lair with promise of sex with two beautiful young women. When the witches (whom the pastor sees as beautiful young seductresses) place a shackle around his neck, his only reaction is an enthusiastic "A little bondage, eh?".

* The Friar, Summoner, Pardoner, and Monk from ''Literature/TheCanterburyTales''. The Pardoner isn't technically a clergyman, but he makes a brisk business selling indulgences and fake artifacts, and is heavily implied to be homosexual. The Monk doesn't even pretend to follow his monastic vows (he claims its because he's [[OutgrownSuchSillySuperstitions "modern"]]) so he's more of a SexyPriest version. The Friar tries to hide his wenching, but is so transparent that no one is fooled, and he and the Summoner, who is similarly hypocritical, trade barbs with each other over it. Perhaps also the Nun's Priest, but he denies it.

* Ambrosio, the eponymous monk of ''Literature/TheMonk'', who a) has sex with a demon disguised as a [[SweetPollyOliver girl disguised as a monk]], and b) [[spoiler:rapes (and murders) [[TheIngenue his own sister]]]].
* Much of deacon Frollo's villainy in ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' is driven by his lust for Esmerelda.
* There are actually ''two'' of these in "The Cold Stark House", one of the ''Genevieve'' stories from Creator/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).
* In ''{{Literature/Malevil}}'', the main character recalls his childhood priest. The Abbè Lebas is completely uninterested in the non-sexual confessions of the pre-teen boys and dismisses them with an impatient "Yes, yes. What else?". However, he wants ''every'' detail of any dirty thought or sexual action the boys might have to confess.

* ''Film/SatansCheerleaders'' has [[EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep Monk]], who gets very excited about the upcoming VirginSacrifice. Granted, he is a ''Satanist'' monk, but it is implied that he was a Christian monk before he converted to Satanism, and has been celibate his entire life. When an annoyed Sheriff Bubb asks what makes him such an expert on women, Monk replies that he as had a ''lot'' of [[EroticDream dreams about women]].

* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'' were the vicar is busted reading a magazine on... "Nun wrestling?!"

* A hunter realizes the local monastery eats rabbit every day despite not raising them, so he asks how they do it.\\
"Well my son, what you do is this: stick two fingers in a woman's cunny, and then down the rabbit-hole. They can't resist the smell, you see."\\
The hunter is surprised but decides to try it out. He goes home, sees his wife scrubbing the floor, and lifts up her dress to do as the monk said, when he hears his wife say "Hunting for rabbits again, Brother?"

Subtrope of NunTooHoly. May overlap with SexyPriest, in which case it's the SpearCounterpart to NaughtyNuns.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''WesternAnimation/TheCurseOfTheWereRabbit'' were the priest is busted reading a magazine on... "Nun wrestling?!"

* While he's not an "old" monk, ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemElibe Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade]]'' gives us [[HandsomeLech Saul]] - a priest who just can't help eyeing up every woman he sees and hitting on anything with two X chromosomes.However, [[RunningGag he never actually dates anyone]] - mostly [[HilarityEnsues due to increasingly ridiculous hijinks]] - and [[CelibateHero never actually sleeps with anyone]]. Furthermore, he takes his duties as a priest and faith in God surprisingly seriously and has a number of intellectual conversations with the atheist [[BrokenBird Igrene]]. It's ultimately implied that his attempted womanising is at least partly ObfuscatingStupidity: as he's been sent by the 'verse's equivalent of the Pope to keep an eye on the war raging across the land and protect [[TheHero Roy]] and, thus, play the part of a fool to make sure that he can remain beneath suspicion.

** During UsefulNotes/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 with the new rule that clergy had to be celibate and could no longer own property.

* Much of Frollo's villainy in ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'' is driven by his lust for Esmerelda.

* Used several times in ''Literature/JudgeDee'', and PlayedForDrama.
** The Judge's third wife was raped by a monk who saw her defenseless (before they married, it was mostly the doing of his TopWife to ensure the daughter of a criminal would not be condemned to a life of poverty).
** A shrine renowned for allowing unfertile women to have children turns out to be run by monks who use a decidedly non-sanctioned method to conceive.

** The unfortunate brother [[UnfortunateNames Nhumrod]] from ''Discworld/SmallGods'', who is tormented every waking moment (and even worse in his sleeping moments) by thoughts of a luxurious nature. As he's also the master of the novitiates, he is always reminding them of the dangers of this sin (according to the older novitiates, asking him about it is quite educational, especially when he starts foaming at the mouth).
** ''{{Discworld/Snuff}}'' has the Ramkin property hermit, [[ALadyOnEachArm who uses his yearly two-week vacation to go to Quirm]] and ensure that the fine tradition of herming is passed down from father to son.