do some anglicans take a vow of celebacy anyway.. even though they don't have to?

I'd suggest a serious boyfriend who he doesn't want to cheat on, but the whole point in QAF was that Vince never dated anyone else coz he was obsessed with stuart IIRC so I'm not sure if that would work for you... Oh, but there was Peter O'Brian so maybe it would.

maybe if the parishoners know he's gay and like/acept his partner then you could have gossips saying things about Stuarts arrival that cause problems so vince tris to cut himself off to stop the gossip?