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A Catholic priest gets caught with his girlfriend on a beach. Your thoughts?
MIAMI (Reuters) – A popular U.S. Roman Catholic priest photographed frolicking with a woman on a Florida beach announced on Thursday he had joined the Episcopal Church to pursue the priesthood in a faith that allows married clergy.
"I've seen with my own eyes how many brothers of mine serve God as married men and with the blessing of having their own families," said Father Alberto Cutie, whose removal from his Miami Beach parish prompted public debate about the Catholic Church's celibacy requirement for priests.
The charismatic 40-year-old is a well-known religious leader in Miami who dispensed relationship advice on Spanish-language television shows, church radio programs and newspaper columns.
He was relieved of his duties at St. Francis de Sales parish in Miami Beach earlier this month after the entertainment magazine TVnotas published photos of him in swim trunks, snuggling and kissing a woman on the sands of a beach in Florida.
Cutie later said he had fallen in love with the woman and broken his vow of celibacy. He apologized for his behavior, but told the Univision Spanish-language television network, "I didn't stop being a man just because I put on a cassock. There are trousers under this cassock."
The woman in the photographs, identified in media reports as Ruhama Canellis, stood at Cutie's side as he held a news conference at Trinity Cathedral, where the couple underwent a ceremony to join the Episcopalians.
The Episcopalian church is part of the Anglican Communion, which traces its roots to the Church of England, formed when King Henry VIII split from the Roman Catholic Church in order to divorce and remarry.
31 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
=S My thoughts...i think they should not become catholic priest if they cannot commit! XD
- 1 decade ago
My thoughts? The priesthood is hard. It's not an easy life. If it were everyone would do it. Priests leave the priesthood all the time to pursue relationships. There is nothing sinful about leaving the priesthood, then finding a relationship and eventually getting married. This scene on the beach wouldn't have been a big deal if it were anyone else. They weren't fornicating. They were cuddling and kissing. Not sins. Should he have left the priesthood BEFORE entering into a relationship? Yes, definitely. As a priest he made vows, and he should have either honored those, or asked to be relieved from his duties. Personally as a Catholic I do not agree with the rules that priests cannot marry. Understand the reason behind this is so that they are free from those stresses of married life to be a leader in the church, but I don't agree with it. I think priests can and should do both. It would make the priesthood more appealing to people since priests are dwindling in numbers, and it would make priests more easy to relate to since they wouldn't be preaching about things like marriage, relationships, family life without any firsthand experience either. But all in all I hope he finds happiness. Being a priest isn't easy and there's nothing wrong with finding out that it just isn't what you want in life.
Source(s): Catholic high school, Catholic college. - MLv 61 decade ago
The Bible never prohibited marriage for Priests. That was as silly rule a man made up and it has been a problem for many years. Anyone recall the molesting of boys by the clergy? Even Peter was married. The Bible does say that leaders of the Church are only to have had one wife. So the whole thing about priests not getting married is a bunch of bs. He had every right to be with a woman. He is still a man isn't he?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
1) A Catholic priest gets caught with his girlfriend on a beach. Your thoughts?
BUSTed!
Really - no big deal. I've know a couple of married ex-priests (still Roman Catholic). I guess that guy valued being a priest more than being a Roman Catholic. Makes me wonder if he'll jump ship again if something comes up that the Episcopalians don't allow that he decides he wants to do. Maybe he'll become a Mormon fundamentalist when he decides one woman isn't enough?
- 1 decade ago
Well, I mean, when priests were caught molesting the little boys, they just got relocated, but when Father Alberto got caught with a woman, he was kicked out. That doesn't make sense.
I think priests should be able to choose a life of celibacy if that's what they truly believe in, but I don't think it should be a requirement.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
Jesus went from city to city critisizing the priests and pharisees. that is surprisingly much as though He got here to end the age of the priest. He pronounced that He could now be our priest on the acceptable hand of God, to settle for our options of like to a minimum of one yet another, as holy sacrifices. He pronounced the time is now that adult males ought to worship God in reality and in spirit. He observed that the priesthood became starting to be contaminated and got here to sparkling some issues up
- 1 decade ago
Anyone else think it's ironic that his last name is "Cutie" ? He has a girlfriend and because of that is leaving the priesthood. I'm not sure that's a problem. Now if he tried to stay as a priest and keep his girlfriend, that's a problem.
- BillLv 51 decade ago
The Bible never prohibited that men of God be married, that change was made by men, back in the 14 or 15 century. There's no book in the bible that says that priests shouldn't get marry. So what's the big deal.
- 1 decade ago
It should be ok to marry someone in the bible no where does it say you can't get married or that you shouldn't so first of all that's religions downfall and one of its greatest mistakes.Religious people should get married and have families.And this guy MAy he have a great time being married.
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
Good for him. He recognized his feelings and made a choice. I'm Catholic and wish they would get rid of that old rule. I think a lot more quality men would be more willing to be a priest if they could still marry.
