This matter of course is nuanced by country and culture.  In Peru, perhaps other Andean countries, some clergy are very open about their committed but of course "unmarried" relationship to a woman and "their" children. When the parishioners know with whom the priest is sleeping, they can usually rest assured that he is not on the prowl for other liaisons.  While in some countries a common slur might be "hijo de puta" or "son of a whore", in Peru it more commonly would be "hijo de cura" or "son of a priest", because that is the equivalent of "bastard" being that the biological father is forbidden from marrying his defacto common-law wife. But an honorable priest would be expected to adequately care for his "wife" and children, and this reality is tolerated because it is the people or community (sensus fiedelium) who not only support but at times require that a priest have an attachment. In the rest of the world, fooling around is just that and borders on abuse which is traditional.

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