Miami Beach's Father Alberto to become Episcopalian, marry girlfriend

South Florida Sun Sentinel
May 28, 2009

MIAMI - The Rev. Alberto Cutié, a popular Miami Beach priest removed from his parish after photos surfaced showing him kissing a woman, will leave the Catholic Church to become an Episcopalian and marry his girlfriend, The Miami Herald reports today.

A small, private ceremony was scheduled for early this afternoon at Trinity Cathedral, the Episcopal Church's South Florida headquarters in downtown Miami.

Cutié is expected to announce that he will marry his girlfriend, whom media reports have identified as 35-year-old Ruhama Buni Canellis, a divorced mother living in Miami Beach. the rest

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