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Roman Catholic priests are required to be celibate and refrain from marriage and all sexual activity including masturbation and fantasy.
In the early centuries of Christianity and into the fourth century, it was not uncommon for clergy to be married and even to have children. However, after their ordination, clerics were required to be continent (i.e. refrain from sexual relations with their wives).
The Council of Elvira in 306 prohibited clergy from sexual intercourse as did the Council of Nicaea in 325 and the Council of Carthage in about 390.
For Orthodox Christians and Eastern Catholics, The Council of Quinisext in 692 permitted conjugal relations between priests and deacons and their wives. Therefore, married priests and deacons are the norm in Orthodoxy and Uniat Churches, but celibacy has remained the norm in Latin Rite Roman Catholicism.
In certain circumstances however, Protestant or Anglican clergy who are received in the Catholic Church may be permitted to remain married and be ordained in the Catholic Church, provided their spouses consent.
Therefore, only Catholic priests who have converted from another denomination could be expected to be married. In any case this is not the norm or ideal.
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