Disgraced 'Father Oprah' ordained in Episcopal Church
June 01, 2010
Alberto Cutié, the Miami archdiocesan priest whose Catholic media outreach ended with the publication of compromising photographs with a woman who is now his wife, was ordained in the Episcopal Church on May 29. “As an Episcopalian, he's speaking freely about his support of openly gay clergy, of birth control, and, when a woman's life is in danger, even abortion,” the Miami Herald reported.
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Further information:
- Cutié is a priest again — and a dad-to-be (Miami Herald)
- ‘Father Oprah’ unrepentant; vast majority of Miami Catholics back him (CWN, 5/11/09)
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Posted by: extremeCatholic -
Jun. 04, 2010 7:42 PM ET USA
The really sad thing to American bishops is that for every priest who must go (as Cutie had to), or leaves on his own, and then goes "open" about their opposition to Catholic teaching on homosexuality, chastity, birth control, abortion, and divorce -- there's a 100 still around who maintain these views secretly and undermine Catholic teaching on them. The disincentive to stop living the lie is it means one gives up the comfort, security, and lifestyle a Catholic parish priest.
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Posted by: j.fleming8019 -
Jun. 03, 2010 10:24 PM ET USA
Alberto Cutie, like a lot of former Catholic priests, has joined one of the versions of Anglicanism because he wanted to commit matrimony. It is not for serious doctrinal and conscientious reasons, for the "truth" claims of Anglicanism, that such transitions occur. Hardly complementary to the Episcopal Church. So Cutie now has liberal views on a range of moral questions. But what are his real views on ecclesiology, mariology, Christology, and the priesthood?
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Posted by: williiam ronner -
Jun. 01, 2010 10:38 PM ET USA
He joins a long line of marginal people who call themselves Episcopals McGreevy, Robinson, etc.
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Posted by: samuel.doucette1787 -
Jun. 01, 2010 3:33 PM ET USA
Gaby, I agree totally! This is called "truth in labelling." So many heterodox nuns and priests should just do the right thing and leave the Church that they have been working to subvert from within for decades now. But, they won't leave behind their gravy trains! They don't have the guts to do it.
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Posted by: -
Jun. 01, 2010 9:31 AM ET USA
If only ALL Catholic priests who oppose Church teachings would simply make the switch, we'd have a lot less confusion, scandal & self-serving sources of quotes for the media from liberal darlings wearing collars.
