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	Archdiocese Mum about Priest's Declaration of Love By Jaweed Kaleem and Andres Viglucci Miami Herald May 9, 2009 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/breaking-news/story/1040247.html The Rev. Alberto Cutié's bosses at the Archdiocese of Miami remained steadfastly mum on the celebrity priest's status Saturday, a day after the unrepentant, embattled cleric publicly declared his love for a woman and said he is considering marriage. Archbishop John C. Favalora made no mention of Cutié or this week's scandal, which has revived an old debate over the Catholic Church's celibacy requirement, during a Saturday ceremony to ordain three new priests at St. Mary Cathedral in Miami. Cutié was not among dozens of priests at the ceremony. "Father Alberto needs everyone's prayers right now to help him in his spiritual journey," said archdiocese spokeswoman Mary Ross Agosta in an emailed reponse to a request for comment Saturday. Cutié, a 40-year old cleric with youthful good looks and an international multimedia following, was relieved of duty at his Miami Beach parish church and the archdiocese radio and television arm, which he oversaw, after a Spanish-language gossip magazine this week published pictures of the priest cavorting on a Florida beach with a female friend. The archdiocese has said it is up to Cutié, in consultation with Favalora, to decide his future in the church. In an interview Friday with The Miami Herald, however, Cutié all but acknowledged his days as a priest with the archdiocese are over, saying he wants to have children "and at the same time serve God" -- something the church does not allow.
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