[RobbyS]

The single person does not lose his sexuality. Of course some cultures think so. The macho culture of Spain made men think less of the priest as a man because he did not lie with women and was very forgiving of him if he took a concubine. A famous tale of Junipero Serra has him taking a branding iron and in the presence of the soldiers with him searing shut a badly ulcerated knee without flinching.

[gcruse]

Isn't that the fellow whose statue in on the Interstate north of Santa Clara, CA? I've read a lot of stories about him. He was a robust fellow, alright, for better or worse depending on whether you were an Indian on not. LOL

[gcruse]

A little googling confirms it to be who I thought it was.  But robust was a pitiful understatement.

"His Herculean efforts subjected him to near-starvation, afflictions of scurvy, and hundreds of miles of walking and horse riding through dangerous terrain. Moreover, he was notorious for his mortifications of the flesh: wearing heavy shirts with sharp wires pointed inward, whipping himself to the point of bleeding, and using a candle to scar the flesh of his chest. His sacrifices bore fruit for the missionaries; by his death in 1784, the nine missions he had founded had a nominally converted Indian population of nearly 5,000."