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How quickly things can change.

A little more than a month ago, Alberto Cutie was a Catholic priest in Miami, not to mention a famous religious media personality who'd recently gone on CNN to chastise Playboy for its depiction of a woman as the Virgin Mary.

Fast-forward to today. Several weeks after losing his church and religious radio and TV shows in the wake of a scandal, the 40-year-old Cutie, now an Episcopal priest, tied the knot with Ruhama Canellis, the 35-year-old woman with whom he was having the affair. They were married in a courthouse by a judge in Coral Gables, according to Miami-Dade County court records, the AP reported.

In an interview with CBS in mid-May, Cutie said he and Canellis had known each other for years, but became romantically involved a couple years ago.

On the show, Cutie said while he still believes in celibacy for priests, he thinks it should be optional.

"I do believe that people should be given the option to marry or not to marry in order to serve God," he said. "But the Church, see, has tradition and practices that are part of wanting to do what is right. I think we've all have ideals, and we have ways of living, and we want to do things right. But the truth is, sometimes we fall short. And I fell short."

Known by some as "Father Oprah," the Cuban-American priest was the head of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Miami Beach, as well as president of Radio Paz and Radio Peace, Catholic 24-hour radio stations run by the diocese.