Alberto Cutié

Who is Alberto Cutié?

Alberto R. Cutié is an Episcopal priest also known as Padre Alberto. Cutié was ordained as a priest in the Roman Catholic Church in 1995 and became an internationally recognizable name by hosting television and radio programs.

Cutié left the Roman Catholic Church in May 2009, after publication of photographs showing him embracing a woman at the beach and his subsequent admission that he was in love. He has said that mandatory celibacy was only one of the theological differences that led him to leave the Roman Catholic Church for the Episcopal Church. After he requested a leave of absence from his duties in the Archdiocese of Miami, he married Ruhama Buni Canellis and joined the Episcopal Church. He now serves as rector of an Episcopal parish in Biscayne Park, Miami, Florida.