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By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 17, 2009 8:34 AM CDT

(Newser) – In scarcely more than a month, Alberto Cutié has gone from celebrity priest to sex scandal poster boy to Episcopalian—now he can add boring old married guy to his resume, reports the AP. The Miami priest who left the Catholic Church amid a racy... Read full story »

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