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MADem

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12. Father Cutie (yes--his name is really CUTIE) was a HUGE scandal.

Reply to Beacool (Reply #9)

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 11:35 AM

Dec 2013

People who don't speak Spanish may have missed it, but he was photographed making out with his girlfriend on the beach. That led to his resignation.

The reason the scandal was so HUGE is because he had a HIT television show on Telemundo, where he was like a religious Oprah or something. The little old ladies in the black dresses and rosaries would SWOON over him. He was a massive money machine...

He wrote a book about how he tried to resist temptation (I think it was called Dilemma or something on those lines) --as you can see by the magazine cover, he wasn't too successful!

He really is a poster boy for allowing priests to marry.

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Former priest to marry mother of his child, daughter of adviser to Pope Francis [View all] LiberalElite Dec 2013 OP

All in the Family, I guess..... MADem Dec 2013 #1

Those are two hot looking priests. Beacool Dec 2013 #9

Father Cutie (yes--his name is really CUTIE) was a HUGE scandal. MADem Dec 2013 #12

Yes, I remember the story. Beacool Dec 2013 #18

Priests leaving the priesthood and marrying is LibDemAlways Dec 2013 #2

Correct - not at all uncommon. No Vested Interest Dec 2013 #5

It started because of money. Priests with families mean two things - IdaBriggs Dec 2013 #10

My grandfather left the priesthood to marry my grandmother. Xithras Dec 2013 #15

The Pope could change it instantly. joshcryer Dec 2013 #19

My husband, who was raised Catholic, has lately LibDemAlways Dec 2013 #20

Francis is really bad on choice and women issues. joshcryer Dec 2013 #21

Abstinence... Plucketeer Dec 2013 #3

One-handed, it's not just for preists davidpdx Dec 2013 #7

The Church should allow Priests to marry, as it was hundreds of years ago. onehandle Dec 2013 #4

So what the hell do you think Episcopalians are for? YOHABLO Dec 2013 #6

Or Lutherans. Sognefjord Dec 2013 #24

You realize most opponents of the church are actually opponents of its dogma, right? AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #13

Too too Thornbirds. n/t bitchkitty Dec 2013 #8

! hedgehog Dec 2013 #11

Father belonged to Legion of Christ founded by drug addict & pedophile. idwiyo Dec 2013 #14

Interesting. I wonder whether the ceremony will include amy vows? n/t Orsino Dec 2013 #16

Pope Francis reveals he used to be a nightclub bouncer in Buenos Aires, Argentina freshwest Dec 2013 #17

I can just see the reaction of some of the guys he bounced. . . Paula Sims Dec 2013 #23

That would be mind boggling for them, I bet! freshwest Dec 2013 #25

The Byzantine (Eastern) Rite Catholic church has married priests but . . . Paula Sims Dec 2013 #22