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...rules. "He was doing this fairly out in the open," notes one Miami Catholic who knows Cutié well and has undergone marriage counseling with him. "Most priests who do this usually try to hide it, but this wasn't some dirty little tryst in the back of the parish residence. It doesn't appear to be just about sex; it's about intimacy, and he's always been able to help people understand which is more important...
Because of the scandal, the Archdiocese of Miami says Cutié, 40, is no longer the administrator of his Miami Beach parish, and it has barred him from leading Sunday Mass there. His media work seems up in the air now, and the popular website padrealberto.net has only a blue screen with a message from Cutié asking forgiveness. (See the 25 most influential Evangelicals in America...
...Cutié's penalty might elicit more than a few snickers from Catholics who have spent the past few decades watching the priestly perdition parade of sexual abuse, parish embezzlement and doctrinal intolerance. The Archdiocese of Miami has had to pay out millions of dollars in sexual-abuse settlements in recent years - including a case involving a former priest at Cutié's South Beach church, St. Francis de Sales. (One of Cutié's tasks, in fact, has been to heal the wounds at that parish.) To his credit, Favalora is trying to restore public trust in his archdiocese...
Author T.J. Stiles spoke about his new book, “The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt,” yesterday evening at the First Parish in Cambridge. Along with co-sponsors like the Harvard Book Store, the Lowell Institute, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Cambridge Forum hosted Stiles as part of their weekly forums on “cost.” “We are looking at the idea of cost, and obviously the financial world is important in cost. Vanderbilt is one of the architects of the American economy today...
...become involved in national energy issues. “Just as importantly,” he said. “[the town hall] helped to further deepen a growing relationship between our network of students and our congressional representative.” The discussion, held in the First Parish Cambridge Unitarian Universalist Church, included panelists from “Clean Water Action,” “Massachusetts Green Jobs Coalition,” and “Green Corps.” —Staff writer Carola A. Cintron-Arroyo can be reached at ccintron@fas.harvard.edu...