{"id":506566,"date":"2026-05-03T20:49:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T00:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/cruz-jiminian-reveals-he-studied-to-be-a-priest-and-talks-about-temptations-in-the-church\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T20:49:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T00:49:56","slug":"cruz-jiminian-reveals-he-studied-to-be-a-priest-and-talks-about-temptations-in-the-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/cruz-jiminian-reveals-he-studied-to-be-a-priest-and-talks-about-temptations-in-the-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz Jimini\u00e1n reveals he studied to be a priest and talks about temptations in the Church"},"content":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo<\/strong>.\u2013 The renowned Dominican doctor and philanthropist F\u00e9lix Antonio Cruz Jimini\u00e1n<\/a><\/strong> surprised with personal revelations during an interview on the program Versi\u00f3n Original<\/strong>, hosted by Mois\u00e9s Salc\u00e9<\/a><\/strong> and broadcast by Telemicro, where he confessed that in his youth he studied to be a priest <\/strong>and spoke openly about the temptations within the priesthood.\n\nDuring the conversation, Cruz Jimini\u00e1n explained that he grew up in a deeply Christian environment, where the recitation of the rosary was part of the daily family routine, a situation that led him to make the decision to enter the seminary at 14 years of age.\n\nThe doctor revealed that he studied for four years at the Santo Tom\u00e1s de Aquino Seminary<\/strong>, and clarified that his departure from religious formation was not related to women, as many people usually speculate.\n\n“I didn’t go out because of women. Priests like women, let’s be clear<\/strong>,” he stated directly during the interview, generating reactions due to the sincerity of his statements.\n\n\n
We recommend reading: Cruz Jimini\u00e1n warns of increase in influenza and warns that emergencies are overcrowded<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\nCruz Jimini\u00e1n maintained that priests also experience desires and temptations because “they are men<\/strong>“, and stated that what is forbidden usually awakens more interest. “It means that a priest likes a woman more than someone who is not a priest<\/strong>“, he commented.\n\nThe doctor also took the opportunity to reflect on discipline and self-control, comparing it to personal decisions he has made throughout his life. He explained that he avoids habits like drinking alcohol because he maintains a strict routine of work and medical service.\n\n“Every day I get up at four in the morning, 365 days a year, even when I’m sick, to make rounds,” said the doctor, highlighting the commitment he has maintained for decades with his patients and with the social work he carries out from his clinic in Cristo Rey.\n\nCruz Jimini\u00e1n’s statements quickly began circulating on social media, where users highlighted both the frankness of his words and the discipline he claims to maintain in his personal and professional life.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Santo Domingo.\u2013 The renowned Dominican doctor and philanthropist F\u00e9lix Antonio Cruz Jimini\u00e1n surprised with personal revelations during an interview on the program Versi\u00f3n Original, hosted by Mois\u00e9s Salc\u00e9 and broadcast by Telemicro, where he confessed that in his youth he studied to be a priest and spoke openly about the temptations within the priesthood. During […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-506566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-27Mq","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}