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	Ex-stripper, Former Pines Priest Told to Keep Distance South Florida Sun-Sentinel November 10, 2009 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/pembroke-pines/fl-priest-stripper-bn-20091110,0,3100907.story A Miami-Dade judge today ordered a former stripper and a disgraced Catholic priest -- who are involved in a custody dispute over their baby daughter -- to stay away from each. After a three-hour hearing, former stripper Beatrice Hernandez agreed to dismiss her claim of domestic violence against the Rev. David Dueppen, and both agreed to stay away from each other unless ordered otherwise by the court. Hernandez, 41, claimed in court filings in September that Dueppen choked her during an argument over paternity of their baby. Dueppen, 42, has acknowledged that he is the father of little Marilyn Epiphany Hernandez, born in January. In a separate court case, Dueppen is seeking majority custody of the baby girl. The case drew widespread attention in September, only months after TV priest Alberto Cutie admitted to having a girlfriend and switched to the Episcopal church. Dueppen, 42, who once served at the same Miami Beach parish as Cutie, is on leave from his associate priest position at St. Maximilian Kolbe church in Pembroke Pines. The priest and Hernandez met about seven years ago at Porky's, a now-shuttered club near Miami International Airport. Their stormy relationship was well known to the church. Three years ago, the archdiocese paid Hernandez a $30,000 settlement stemming from the couple's long-running affair. Their relationship was rekindled within the last year, with Dueppen paying her bills.
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