I think you may be misreading the term "father" in this context. It's not that the grad student's literal biological father is a researcher at the monastery. On

I think you may be misreading the term "father" in this context. It's not that the grad student's literal biological father is a researcher at the monastery. One of the priests/monks, who carry the honorific title Father[0], is an archival researcher in the monastery. [0] https://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/d003rpHowToAddressClergy.html https://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/d003rpHowToAddre...