Since priests were required to remain celibates the patriarchy moved from uncle to nephew. He maintains also his virgins and his celibates. Within the Jesus Fellowship there were both couples and male and female celibates. He also published a collection of short stories&colon; "Celibates" (1895). Students were required to be brahmacaris or celibates. Couples quickly joined this community which added to the mix couples and celibates. After this a priest gave the couple permission to continue living together but as celibates. The first seven Acharya of the peetham were celibates. Pleasure hating clerical celibates, it is claimed, ""preferred concentration camps to Sterilization"".