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	Father Alberto Cutiè Is Now a Married Man By Jaweed Kaleem Miami Herald June 16, 2009 http://www.miamiherald.com/459/story/1099926.html Sitting in the passenger seat of a champagne-colored Lexus and hiding his face behind a newspaper, former Roman Catholic priest Alberto Cutiè left a Coral Gables courthouse shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday as a married man. But Cutiè, who left the Catholic church to become an Episcopalian in late May, will have to wait more than a week before his new church recognizes the marriage in a religious ceremony. That will take place in an unnamed church under Rt. Rev. Leo Frade, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida. Cutiè and his wife, 35-year-old Ruhama Buni Canellis, quietly slipped into the Coral Gables Branch Court at 3100 Ponce de Leon Blvd. through a gated back entrance around noon Tuesday, avoiding a growing group of news crews gathered outside. They presented identification and proof of premarital counseling to a clerk as they filled out a marriage license application. Then, the couple joined Miami-Dade County Judge Jacqueline Schwartz in her chambers for a quick ceremony, according to a court employee. The couple slipped out a back door, where a half-dozen police officers guarded the front and back entrances. Security officers had been warned to be prepared to open and close courthouse doors at a moment's notice. The recession-friendly wedding set the couple back $91. That's a $61 application fee and $30 for the marriage ceremony. The marriage licenses — one for each — were free. Cutie and Canellis have kept a low profile since he preached his first sermon as an Episcopalian — but not a priest — May 31 at Church of the Resurrection in Biscayne Park. He and Canellis left the Catholic church just days prior during a private ceremony at Miami's Trinity Cathedral, where Cutiè also announced that he was starting a year-long process to become an Episcopal priest. Cutiè left his position at St. Francis de Sales Catholic church in Miami Beach when photographs showing him nuzzling Canellis on a Florida beach — a violation of his vow of celibacy — were published in a celebrity magazine in early May. Contact: Jkaleem@miamiherald.com
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