text: You should have written no Church or State ceremony recognised spouse or children. 
  
  In BC a priest could end up legally common law married to a live in house keeper, of either gender, or to another priest, just by having the same address for more than the specified time.  
  
  Catholic Priests have fathered children, not always with consent from the mother. Haven't you heard about that?
  
  Early Christians regarded marriage as a corrupt pagan custom. They lived communally. Early converts were expected to donate all their worldly possessions. Wasn't one couple that held back belongings stoned to death?