St. Basil of Caesarea, the fourth century Church Father who wrote the principle rule of the monks of the East, establishes this: "The cleric or monk who molests youths or boys or is caught kissing or commiting some turpitude, let him be whipped in public, deprived of his crown [tonsure] and, after having his head shaved, let his face be covered with spittle; and [let him be] bound in iron chains, condemned to six months in prison, reduced to eating rye bread once a day in the evening three times per week....(St. Basil of Caesarea, in St Peter Damien, Liber Gomorrhianus, op. cit. cols. 174f.)

St Augustine, the great Bishop of Hippo writes: "Sins against Nature, therefore, like the sin of Sodom, are abominable and deserve punishment whenever and wherever they are commited. If all nations commited them, all alike would be held guilty of the same charge in God's law, for our Maker did not prescribe that we should use each other this way. In Fact, the relationship that we ought to have with God is itself violated when our nature, of which He is Author, is desecrated by perverted lust. (St. Augustine, Confessions, Book III, chap 8)