Multi-class Monk

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And that would work with the Ascetic Knight feat as well although it'd require a pretty major dip into the Paladin class to fulfill the 1st level divine spell casting requirement.

What about a prestige paladin (from Unearthed Arcana)? Start out as a monk/cleric, & enter it after 6th level (I think that combo can enter at that time). By 20th character level, you could be a monk 3/cleric 3/prestige paladin 14 or a monk 3/cleric 3/prestige paladin 4/sacred fist 10.

I'm not familiar with Oriental Adventures - ie, I don't own it. Seems like a possible buy for the future.

I was really just put on this idea because of the aforementioned ascetic feats.

IIRC, the monk PrCs from OA aren't multi-role like you're looking for (monk & another core class like cleric or wizard). Tattooed monk (from CW) originally appeared in OA.