A Spanish bishop resigned from his post to settle down with a writer of erotic novels, according to reports.

Xavier Novell, 52, started a new chapter of his life when he suddenly resigned from his position at the diocese of Solsona last August for “personal reasons” in order to have a relationship with an erotic novel writer.

The woman, who Spanish newspaper El Pais named only as “SC,” from Barcelona, has published several erotic novels.

Among the titles reportedly attributed to her are the “Amnesia Trilogy” and “Hell in Gabriel’s Lust.”

According to the publication, she will not comment on speculation “nor will she grant interviews.”

El Pais reported Pope Francis, the most senior figure in the Catholic Church, had accepted Novell’s resignation from his position.

Still according to El Pais, Novell will also ask for the Pope’s permission for a dispensation from the vow of celibacy and obedience that all Catholic bishops take…