Remember Fr. Cutié?
He was the Miami priest who got caught playing smoochy smooch on a beach and converted to Episcopalian-ism quicker than you could say Archbishop Milingo.
Well now Former Father Cutié is now an actual father to a cutie of his own.
Remember, the one to truly feel sorry for here is the baby. Not because her father wasn’t much of a Father and kind of a unfaithful jerk. Not because she has a silly last name that requires you to be extra pretty or be picked on forever. Those things are bad enough, but to be born an Episcopalian too? That’s just adding insult to injury.
December 3, 2010 at 5:51 am
ugh-sorry for the baby when she grows up to know what her father did…all Catholic priests know that they will stay the way they are -usually celibate and hopefully chaste whether married or celibate.
December 3, 2010 at 5:56 am
Can you please update your link..no longer Catholic mom of ten journey..now Leadkindlylight..thankyou..
December 3, 2010 at 12:20 pm
Ugh, I think this is an uncharitable blog post. She is an innocent baby. Chuckling at her is just mean, especially making fun of her name. Give me a break. Are we ten years old?
December 3, 2010 at 1:05 pm
There's hope for the baby. She could be led by the Holy Spirit to join an Anglican Use parish when she becomes an adult! ROTFL! Juscot
December 3, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Please. Look at his hair. I saw this whole thing coming years ago after seeing that hair.
P.S. When your priest is wearing more "product" than your wife, he's either gay or looking to score with the ladies.
December 3, 2010 at 7:59 pm
Why keep this man in the news? Why continue to report on his life? Forget him.
December 3, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Eh, as long as there are Americans that think of the priesthood as a job and not a sacrament, there will always be a place for people like Fr. Cutie.
So I can't help but blame us. Until people stop thinking "Oh good, he stopped wasting his life," and start thinking, "How sad, he wasted God's calling," it will be as it will be.
December 4, 2010 at 1:57 am
How come her last name is "Cutie", when her father's last name is "Cutié"? There is a significant difference between those two names.
There is one thing I'm glad of. I'm glad they gave her a reasonable name, "Camila Victoria", and not something like her mother's name, or one of those crazy names parents come up with these days.
December 4, 2010 at 2:43 pm
Funny how this blog is named after something the Pope said. You guys are big Pope fans, right? You might wanna take a page from how he talks about priests who leave to marry. Page 39 in that new hot book to be specific about it:
"When a priest lives together with a woman,
one must examine whether a real will to marry is present and whether they could build a good marriage. If that is the case, they must follow that path. If it is a question of a failure of moral will, but no real interior union is there,
one must try to find paths of healing for him and for her. In any case care should be taken that justice is done for the children—they are the primary good—and that they obtain the living and educational surroundings they
need.
The fundamental problem is honesty. The second problem is respect for the truth of the two individuals and of the children, so as to find the right solution. The third is: How can we again raise young men for celibacy? How
can we support the priests who live it out in such a way that it remains a sign in these confused times, in which not only celibacy but also marriage is seriously in crisis?"
The word "must" in that second sentence really jumps out at me.
There's a tragedy here: That Cutie and his family have left the Church. But I'm not seeing how the tone of this post matches anything about the tone of the hero of this blog on the same subject.
December 6, 2010 at 6:14 am
Ok, Anon, I'll bite. I don't have the book, and I certainly can't tell or even guess is the translation of the pope's actual thought is anywhere close to correct, but with what is given above…
The pope addresses in sentence 1 a priest who "lives together with a woman", which I can only presume means that a priest has left ministry to take up with a woman in an intimate relationship. The pope's point is that they should do so with the view of marriage, rather than simply 'shacking up'. Nothing controversial there. Yes, if they are living a conjugal life, they should be doing everything in their power to do that… to be married in a proper Christian marriage, and do that "at peace" with the Church. (Which presumes a writ of laicization and then dispensation from the promise of celibacy taken at diaconate… AS WELL AS canonical freedom to marry for the woman involved as well. There may be further stipulations on the former cleric as well, such as residence– he should not live in the geographical area of his former parish/diocese, he should not serve in liturgical ministries, etc., to prevent scandal.)
If this is done in this context… for instance, if the former priest really did realize that he was not up to that job, the rest of his married life will be dedicated to the good of that vocation and his ultimate salvation through it all.
The pope is right. "The fundamental problem is honesty".
Yes, there is a tragedy here. This whole 'healing process' the pope outlines has been flaunted for what appears to be no more than a gia-namous ego… and maybe that the guy still needs a job and 'can't dig ditches and is too proud to beg'. What did he do? He ran off to the first sugar-daddy he could find, set up shop with no consideration of the hurt in those he was leaving behind, and proceeded to normalize an otherwise dishonest situation… to hell with the principles underneath it all or the consequences… it's all about ME!!!
I harbor no particular ill will towards the man. He's obviously too immature and self-centered to function effectively as a Catholic priest, I hope the Episcopalians enjoy the show. The tone here is maybe not nice, but I think the discussion is important.
Every once and a while we do need to call out stupid and evil in our midst. They are not stupid or evil because I am calling them out. They are what they are, and people draw their own conclusions. (I see that the reason for the original blog post.) Why do you think that there is a sign on the door of airplanes that says "This door must be closed during flight"? That would probably be a case of STUPID. Why do you think that there are wanted posters at the Post Office? That would more than likely be a case of EVIL.
Our Lord frequently held up the mirror in his parables… who are we? The good guys or the bad guys? If his examples (which very well may have been drawn from real life) are to help the listener decide what path to take down life's road, then how fit a parable for our time. We should be collectively repulsed by evil and this evil against the Church by one of her shepherds, in particular.
So, what kind of priesthood do we rightfully expect and demand of our priests as Catholics? Flashy and self-absorbed, or persistent and faithful?
Yeah, it is a bad and perhaps uneven comparison. But "stupid" and "evil" never will look as good as the real thing.
December 6, 2010 at 6:21 am
All of this being said, I hope this man can pick up the pieces and get it together so that he can at least be a good biological father.
The demands of the priesthood were probably too great for him. Someone should have seen this. Let's hope that this serves as a lesson to bishops and rectors and vocations directors and brother seminarians that they all need to be looking out for each other and waving off those candidates who are not properly prepared to take on such a frightfully-demanding vocation as being a priest.
December 13, 2010 at 1:40 am
This is beneath, y'all. Better to say nothing. Honestly, the hope would be that they would be moved toward authentic love and toward Christ. It's not really for us to say how the King of the Universe accomplishes his will. I'm not saying you can't judge (because it was an out and out scandal), but this is just too snarky, even for y'all.