{"id":523183,"date":"2026-09-07T13:09:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T17:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=523183"},"modified":"2026-09-07T13:09:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T17:09:45","slug":"video-former-catholic-priest-leaves-priesthood-to-marry-partner-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/entertainment\/video-former-catholic-priest-leaves-priesthood-to-marry-partner-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Former Catholic priest leaves priesthood to marry partner in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Catholic priest of Italian origin <strong>Sandro Ferretto<\/strong> has officially left the priesthood to marry his partner, <strong>Sharon Jepngok<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ferretto served as a parish priest in Kasiela and Mochongoi, in Kenya\u2019s Baringo South region, before deciding to leave the priesthood after years of service in the African country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As he transitions from clerical life to family life, Ferretto has also formally embraced the traditions and culture of the <strong>Tugen community<\/strong>, to which his wife, Sharon, belongs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Catholic priest Father Sandro has officially left the priesthood to marry his partner, Sharon, a Tugen woman from Baringo South, Kenya. <br><br>The Italian-born cleric, who previously ministered in the Kasiela area of Baringo, made headlines after transitioning into a new life\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BPZidkV4PM\">pic.twitter.com\/BPZidkV4PM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Kenyan Vigilante (@KenyanSays) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KenyanSays\/status\/2096840924743487894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Catholic priest of Italian origin Sandro Ferretto has officially left the priesthood to marry his partner, Sharon Jepngok. Ferretto served as a parish priest in Kasiela and Mochongoi, in Kenya\u2019s Baringo South region, before deciding to leave the priesthood after years of service in the African country. As he transitions from clerical life to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":523184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[5,95],"tags":[611],"class_list":["post-523183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-international","tag-deultimominuto"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2c6r","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-09-07-130844.png","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Entertainment","International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-09-07-130844.png"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523183","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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}