In the latest news in the Father Alberto Cutie saga, the Catholic priest who admitted to having an affair and breaking his celibacy vows is joining the Episcopal Church so that he can be with the woman he loves, CNN reported. Unlike the Catholic Church, the Episcopal denomination allows its priests to marry.
In a written statement, the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida said Cutie plans to enter the priesthood in the Episcopal Church, CNN said.
The priest had been removed from his Miami Beach church after photographs of him in romantic embraces with a woman appeared in a Spanish-language magazine earlier this month. The woman has not been publicly named.
The Miami Herald reports that Thursday afternoon, there was a small, private ceremony at Trinity Cathedral in downtown Miami, the Episcopal Church's South Florida headquarters, in which Cutie was received into the church. Bishop Leo Frade, leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida, officiated, the newspaper reported. The ceremony is the first step toward Cutie becoming an Episcopal priest.
The Herald published a statement by Cutie that said: "I thank God for the many people in our community who have shown me their love and support. Your prayers have sustained me at this time of transition in my life. With God's help, I hope to continue priestly ministry and service in my new spiritual home."
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