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Kissing Fla. Priest Joins Episcopal Church

He's expected to marry girlfriend and keep preaching

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted May 28, 2009 3:03 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Miami priest who sparked a debate on celibacy earlier this month when he was caught kissing and embracing a woman has left the Roman Catholic church to join the more liberal Episcopalians. The latter doesn’t require chastity for priests, and Alberto Cutié is expected to announce that he’ll marry his girlfriend of 2 years, the Herald reports.

“This doesn’t say anything less of our sister church,” says an Episcopal priest who notes that some worshippers leave his church to join the Catholics. “The road between Rome and Canterbury gets lots of traffic.” Cutié—who can preach but won’t be an Episcopal priest for another year—said today, “I hope to continue priestly ministry and service in my new spiritual home.”

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The former Catholic priest will be a lay Anglican for a year before he can become an Episcopal priest. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, file)

Father Alberto Cutié leads a funeral service in this photo from last year. (Getty Images)

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kokuaguy

Jul 1, 2009 1:52 AM CDT

Someone made a mistake when the bible was translated into english..... the translator could not pronounce the letter R, it should have been "CELEBRATE'...... tought luck !!!!!!!!!!!

OWLWOMANXXXX

May 29, 2009 12:29 PM CDT

Are ther many Latin Episcipalians?

Robert_Dada

May 28, 2009 10:23 AM CDT

So let's see...he becomes a catholic priest and takes an oath of celibacy but can't abide by it so he joins another religion where that behavior is okay. Isn't that how we got all these religious factions in the first place: making up new rules to fit the new morality you're willing to consent to? Please people, just give up on religion entirely. It is absolutely positively useless, promotes groupthink and inhibits social and scientific progress.

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Kissing Fla. Priest Joins Episcopal Church