Faithful supporters of Father Alberto Cutié have expressed shock and disbelief after photos of the celebrity priest in a Spanish language magazine showed him kissing and fondling a woman on Miami Beach.
The Archdiocese of Miami has relieved Father Cutié of his duties at St. Francis de Sales parish on Miami Beach and at the Catholic radio station, Radio Peace and Radio Paz…
The photos raise a question: did Cutié, who was ordained as a priest in 1995, break his church-cherished vow of celibacy?
“The vow of celibacy really means there is a commitment outside the vow that stresses the focus on the holy order,” said Ross Agosta. “The vow of celibacy is there for a reason.”
“He’s on a prayerful journey,” said Ross Agosta. “He’s still a priest, but he is on leave…”
Since 1998, Father Cutié has hosted several Spanish-language talk shows and programs. He’s been seen in 24 million homes in 22 countries. He writes a syndicated newspaper advice column called “Advice from a friend.” He’s been dubbed “Father Oprah” by his fans. He also was published. His book is “Real Life, Real Love—7 paths to a strong and lasting relationship.” He was the son of Cuban parents. He grew up in Miami and attended Southwest High School.
Har! Too many years of putting up with ignorance and banality.
I’m no Dr.Phil fan, but I believe he would say it best to the Catholic Church; “Celibacy in the priesthood, how’s that working for ya?”
Well at least he isn’t a American hypocritical evangelist. Then it would’ve probably been a man/boy.
Our parish priest had a live in “house keeper.” She moved to town with the priest and out of town with the priest. This is common and I think should be allowed.
The real news is that it wasn’t a boy.
Clearly this was the devils doing.
Reminds me of Jesse Jackson’s hypocritical liason and bastard kid. Oh. I mean the REVEREND Jesse Jackson…. Of course, the media forgot all about it quickly… However, the election of the Messiah has marginalized the great extorsionist.
Just because he’s getting a little nookie on the side doesn’t mean he’s enjoying it.
I’m sure he’s saying his Hail Mary’s to make up for it.
Hey lady, that’s not the Rosary you are rubbing…
I greatly relieved to hear there is at least one who prefers women over choir boys. I’m sure the Pope will use this as proof they’re not all pedophiles.
God Damn It! Is nothing sacred? How did they get my picture???
I used to be Catholic. Decades ago, our parish priest had to give up the priesthood because he had fallen in love with a parishioner. they had not actually fooled around, but the guy gave up the priesthood. They married afterward.
The requirement of celibacy for priests and sisters is completely wrong.
Congrats to Father Cutie for getting some good hetero-nookie with a consenting adult. There are obvious lessons here for the rest of his clergy colleagues.
Nice headline Eideard!
The Catholic church has so many things wrong. You have to wonder what type of message is it sending anymore? I ask myself the question “Is the devil in the church”? Because lately I don’t see much to brag about with the Catholic church. But we are dealing with teachings from a very long time ago and maybe its time to rethink what is important as a Catholic.
When you all get done slobbering over yourselves,did it ever cross your minds that they might be in love………
The only reason the church relieved him of his duties was because he fondling a woman and not a boy.
Is there something in the bible forbidding priests from marrying?
I know several of the early Popes were married and several had multiple live-in women taking care of business.
Oopps, I forgot, the bible isn’t god’s word.
Sorry, but in that photo, it looks like she’s kissing HIM! I’ll bet it was, like, totally against his will and the next photos would show him scrubbing his mouth with seaweed before getting down on his sandy knees, raising his hands to heaven, and grabbing the next boy to come along.
He’s a GOOD man.
#17 – Mr Fusion: Sadly, there are some quotations from Paul that favor celibacy but he goes on to say that if your passions exceed your devotion then you should take a spouse! So, pretending to be Alfie here, that’s the word of gawwd… let them marry! In truth, celibacy is not a requirement of all catholic priests. I knew a priest with a lovely wife. But he was Coptic. When he converted to Roman Cat, he was allowed to keep his wife and life. I understand that other married men may enter training to become priests. Celibacy is not a hard and fast rule but a discipline in the Roman Cat church. I believe the rules may be different for nuns – as well they should be!
#19 You can’t be serious. Don’t you know the bible was written by Jules Verne.
As for your leaders, it’s all about the money.. nothing else.
People aren’t perfect. Few Christians claim to be perfect. It’s just the people that make full time careers of not being perfect get big thrills when one slips up.
Mr. Fusion,
There is nothing in the bible about priests marrying. Paul has one passage about singleness, but not specifically about priests.
I’m an “Anglo Catholic” who are bascically Anglicans who have Catholic-style mass.
We let our priests marry. Women can be priests. Gays, too. And any race, also. And, of course, any of those groups are welcome as members.
You have no idea how much more pleasant the church is because of this!
The main hassle is that conservatives give us so much grief for it.
And we aren’t just some social club. We strongly emphasize the bible in our church — more than many evangelical churches I’ve been in.
We believe in sin but we also believe that some things which were “sins” 2000 years ago are irrelevant now. Like women wearing head coverings and staying silent in church. Like slaves having to obeying their master and, of course, homosexuality.
#18, Nimby,
Yes, some cryptic message is not the word of god. In case you missed it, Alfred1, our resident Ayatollah, explained a few days ago that the bible shouldn’t be taken at its word as it is only a translation. It isn’t god’s word, but the translator’s.
That is why “Thou shalt not kill” doesn’t really mean “Thou shalt not kill, at all” but more like “Thou shalt not kill unless sanctioned by god under Sections 3-a-1 (genocides), 3-a-2 (bad peoples), 3-a-3, (non believers), 4-d-3 (killing commies for christ)or 4-d-5-A through F (under color of civil authority)”.
While most people think this might provide contradictions, Alphie tells us there are no contradictions because god was specific.
#23, Greg,
I was brought up a Low Anglican. As with your church, we were very progressive. The difference between us and the High Anglicans is they followed the Catholic traditions more while we were closer to Baptists or Methodists in worship.
I respect your beliefs even if I don’t agree with them. Your posts have shown you to be a good person, worthy of admiration. You won my respect a long time ago.
#24 – Fusion:
Thank you for that. I’m afraid I DID miss (What’sitallabout) Alfie’s comment.
I’m amazed he would admit the bible is not the word of god as he has made that claim so often but its good to see maybe some shred of reality is being pounded into his minuscule brain.
I’d always thought the correct reading of the commandment should have been: “Thou shalt not kill … very much more than I want you to.” Thank you god. Got a holy war I want to talk to you about.
Celibacy means nothing but “not being married”. Comes from Latin “caelebs” which means unmarried. So what the heck are they all getting hot about?
Leave the man alone…the way he looks I am surprised he became a priest anyway…*blush*