Croatto divorced Montero and married former singer, actress (and later children television hostess) Glorivee (Gloria Esther Viera Pantojas) in 1979. His son Hermes Gabriel Croatto Viera was born during his marriage to Glorivee. Croatto was identified himself as a Roman Catholic, although he could not participate fully in church rituals given his status as a divorced man. In part as a way to compensate for this and contribute to his faith he wrote a jíbaro mass, which gave him one of his latter hits, ""Creo en Dios"" ("I believe in God").