Meet the High Priest of Catholic Kama Sutra

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Friar Ksawery Knotz is a polish monk. Sworn to a life of celibacy like all Catholic priests must. Knotz has not let that hindered him from what he believes is a part of doing God's work. Teaching husbands and wives the principles of practicing divine sex.

"I certainly encourage married couples to pray for a good and happy sex life -- it's a way for them to become closer to God," the 43-year-old Roman Catholic monk told AFP.

Knotz says that people are shocked at first but they are surprised and happy at the same time that finally someone from the clergy is actually speaking about this still taboo subject in a predominantly Catholic country. Since 2000, the priest has conducted retreats with over 3,000 husbands and wives, of the faith, with the blessing of the Church as well as secular therapists.

And the monk's classes are so popular that they are lining up the get in. He is fully booked for the next year! Both his weekend and six-day workshops are booked solid.

"If you believe in God, then you believe God is involved in life, in love, marriage and in sex and sexuality -- it seems natural to talk about sex to remove taboos and the label of sinfulness," says the monk, who resides in a monastery of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in Stalowa Wola, southern Poland.

The monk credits the home environment in which he was raised along with the teaching of the late Pope John Paul II who broached the subject of sexuality in his book titled, "Love and Responsibility."

"The Holy Father's 'theology of the body' and other philosophical and theological works delve deeply into the divinity of sexual relations in marriage -- I'm just making these complex ideas more accessible to average Catholics," he says.

One couple, Kasia and Jan Paluszewski, who have been married for 18 years and have three children, said that their sex life and spirituality have been uplifted and enlightened. And Jan a 46 year old IT specialist said, "The workshops with Father Knotz really helped us to overcome our inhibitions and guilt regarding sex,"..."He really listens to couples and this is why I think he understands us so well."

The priest teaches husbands that husbands need to "appease" (please) their wives, sexually.

-- Husbands must take time to 'fully appease' their wives --

and that

"good, open communication between spouses" is the best technique to achieve orgasms of heavenly proportions.

I'll say.

His book, "The Act of Marriage," and his "Chance to Meet," website which is in both English and Polish, delves into the steamy side of divine love-making.

In a passage entitled the "theology of the orgasm", Knotz likens the peak of sexual excitation to meeting God in heaven.

"Love between a married couple expressed in sex, brings the human body closer to heaven. The ecstasy in the joy of sexual intercourse can be likened to the joy of eternal life," he says giving an unusual twist to the religious notion of eternal salvation.

"This is why the conjugal act allows spouses to begin to understand the sweetness of encountering God," Knotz concludes, and is quick to caution that "concentration on the physiological side of a sexual intercourse causes reduction of its most important elements."

Still, some hard nosed skeptics argue that as a celibate man he does not have the hands on experience to speak credibly about sex. To which the monk rightly points out, "I look at it this way: you don't have to have a heart condition to be a cardiologist and you don't have to be an alcoholic to work as a therapist," he says unfazed.