Well priests used to have a lot of political sway (think Cardinal Wolsey, Cardinal Richelieu) so its possible a confessor/bishop could be a minister of finance.
And its true that many Popes had illegitimate children, so again, fatherhood isn't ruled out by the cloth.
But as for proving it? Well, that's what makes this genealogy lark such fun!
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Chowns in Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire
Brewer, Broad, Eplett & Pope in Cornwall
Smoothy & Willsher/Wiltshire in Essex & Surrey
Emms, Mealing + variants, Purvey & Williams in Gloucestershire
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