With all the raving moonbats which haunt these threads, it is tough to get straight data.
Yes, I am aware that Cardinal Wolsey had two children, a son and a daughter. I was not aware that they were born out of wedlock or that his marriage (or lack thereof) was never sanctioned by the church.
You are probably aware that his century or so later counterpart Cardinal Richelieu in France had a reputation for being a Lothario type and was heavily involved in the political intrigue surrounding the court of Louis XIV.
Wolsey, on the other hand, greatly regretted his involvement in the political intrigue surrounding the court of Henry VIII and devoted his final days trying his best to serve God and his fellow man. That, of course, doesn't make him some kind of a saint, but more of a tragic figure who at least realized where he went wrong and tried to get back on the right path.
On the other hand, his successor as Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, had even larger problems.
Also I apologize if my airing of your umteen times great grandfather’s ‘dirty linen’ annoys you, but it is in Wiki’s biography of him.