Lutkie came from a wealthy business family and initially was influenced by the idealism of Ernest Hello and Léon Bloy. He was a fervent Catholic.[1] He was ordained in 1919 and subsequently moved to Nuland where he spent the rest of his life.[1]
Lutkie became drawn to Benito Mussolini and travelled several times to Italy, which increased his zeal.[1] He set up his own magazine Aristo in 1930. This lasted until 1943 before reappearing after the war and continuing until 1965.[1] He conducted a series of interviews with the Italian leader.[1] He would also co-operate with Arnold Meijer and the Black Front.[1] In all however Lutkie sought to weld traditional Christianity to fascism's youthful dynamism and he built up a small group of followers with the publication of Aristo.[2]
Lutkie had little time for Anton Mussert and did not support Nazism.[1] As such he faced no charges after the war, despite an examination, and spent the post-war years in semi-retirement (albeit still publishing Aristo until 1965).[1]
In 2022 his biography was published: Willem Huberts, Soli Deo - Wouter Lutkie (1887-1968). Biografie van een priester-fascist. Amsterdam, Boom, 2022. ISBN 978-90-2444-641-4.
