Dilemma: A Priest's Struggle with Faith and Love

by Albert Cutie

Overview

In this deeply personal and controversial memoir, Father Albert Cutié, once the poster boy of the Roman Catholic Church, tells of his devastating struggle between upholding his sacred promises as a priest and falling in love. Already conflicted with growing ideological differences with the Church, Cutié was forced to abruptly change his life the day that he was photographed on the beach, embracing the woman he would later make his wife.

The love that he deemed a blessing was bringing him closer to God, but further from the Church. In Dilemma, Cutié tells about breaking his vows, beginning a new way of life for oneself, and discovering a new way of serving God.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780451233899
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/03/2012
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	438,383
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Father Albert Cutié is now serving in the Episcopal Church as a married priest at The Church of the Resurrection in Biscayne Park, Florida. He is a member of several community service organizations and is the first Cuban-American to serve as a Trustee of the American Bible Society.

Editorial Reviews

With little self-promotion or self-justification, Cutié (Real Life, Real Love: 7 Paths to a Strong & Lasting Relationship) writes of his time as a celibate Roman Catholic priest and his remaking as a married Anglican one. He is candid about his youthful idealism when he believed he could be a lifelong celibate. He could not, but he retained a vocation to priesthood and service and moved to a church that permits priests to marry. He rightly goes on the offensive, accusing the Roman Catholic hierarchy of merciless behavior toward errant clergy and of neglecting the Gospel requirement to love others, even sinners. Bishops fail to investigate thoroughly accusations against priests or proceed with due process to protect the rights of the accused. He also accuses the news media of lies and sensationalism. Cutié points out that Roman Catholic priests of Eastern rites are allowed to marry and that Anglican or Orthodox priests who convert to Roman Catholicism may likewise continue in ministry as married men. He has much more to say, and he says it well, clearly, logically, and rarely defensively. Moreover, he takes into consideration the ideas of his opponents and dismisses nobody out of hand. VERDICT Whether you agree or disagree with the author, if the issue of priestly celibacy is of concern to you, Cutié's book is well worth reading. [Simultaneously published in a Spanish edition.—Ed.]—James F. DeRoche, Alexandria, VA

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