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Priest Suspects Cuban Spies Snapped Him With Lover

Cutié says girlfriend is the love of his life

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted May 14, 2009 7:20 AM CDT
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(Newser) – A celebrity priest photographed cavorting with his girlfriend on a beach has hinted Cuban spies might have been tailing him, the Miami Herald reports. "I knew that during some time I was being followed," Father Alberto Cutié told a Spanish-language TV station. "Being Cuban-American, we have that paranoia that perhaps it could be someone from another government, from another place."

Cutié said the woman he was filmed with—his girlfriend of more than 2 years—attracted him with her faith as well as her beauty. "I think she has the same passion that I have for Jesus,'' he said.  Asked if she was the love of his live, Cutié responded, "If not, I would not be in this situation." Cutié has been suspended from leading his parish but the church has yet to indicate what his future might be

Father Alberto Cutie speaks to his congregation during service, at St. Patrick's Church in Miami Beach, Fla. in this 1999 photo.
Father Alberto Cutie speaks to his congregation during service, at St. Patrick's Church in Miami Beach, Fla. in this 1999 photo.   (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, file)
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I had experiences at Radio Paz of seeing strange cars when I would leave work late or arrive early. I would see things and I would say, `I wonder who would be following me - Father Alberto Cutié

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Robert_Dada
May 14, 2009 12:23 PM CDT
If you kept it in your pants padre, there would have been nothing to catch. F*cking hypocrite.
Circusdog
May 14, 2009 7:47 AM CDT
Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!
mockingbird
May 14, 2009 6:38 AM CDT
I don't care one way or the other as far as this man's "indiscretion", but...er...Fondue...he's a "brown person", too, if you'd like to make that generalization of Cubans. (""Being Cuban-American, we have that paranoia that perhaps it could be someone from another government, from another place." )

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