Dilemma
A Priest's Struggle with Faith and Love
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4.1 • 76 Ratings
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Publisher Description
He was a Roman Catholic priest whose love affair became headline news. Now, he shares his explosive story-in his own words...
In this deeply personal and controversial memoir, Father Albert Cutié tells about the 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 call his wife.
Once a poster boy of the Roman Catholic Church-loved and admired by millions-Cutié found that he was not happy and able to live as a celibate priest, especially having to defend the number of positions he was no longer in agreement with. For years he kept his relationship a secret, while he soul searched and prayed for answers. The love that he deemed a blessing was bringing him closer to God, but further from the Church. In Dilemma, Cutié tells about breaking that promise, reigniting the very heated debate over mandatory celibacy for Catholic priests, beginning a new way of life and discovering a new way of serving God.
Customer Reviews
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Loved it! I couldn't put it down and I don't have the discipline to finish a book but this one I finished.
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It is clear that Cutie is aware of the great dysfunction among Roman clergy and the indifference toward the concerns and needs of the laity. However, I am not sure that without the celibacy issue he would be in the Episcopal Church. It would have been more honest if, once he fell in love, he would have confronted this issue without being forced into it through being exposed in the media. He is correct that the demand for priestly celibacy was not ordained by Jesus or by the early church leaders but was an invention based on worldly concerns. He is also correct that there is a huge amount of hypocrisy that goes on in covering up sexual misconduct of all varieties. Celibacy is not a gift given to anyone but is rather a sacrifice that lessens the well being of most who attempt it, since it is not just sexual intimacy but any kind of normal human intimacy that is denied those who are supposed to help embody care and concern for others. But the Episcopal Church is so much more than just a place where he can excise his priestly call while being married. I hope that he continues to discover what a wonderful faith he somewhat stumbled into. He is apparently a very caring priest. may God bless him and his family.
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