While I can certainly believe it is abused by corrupt people (both applicants and churchmen), an annulment is very specific in that it requires an existing condition at the time of the marriage (a pregnancy, closet homosexuality, mental illness, etc. - again, AT THE TIME OF THE MARRIAGE). Ted Kennedy’s first wife contested the annulment of their marriage publicly because she knew he had no grounds for it under Church law. Anyone who thinks they’ve fooled God with a fake annulment (or granted one) will face judgment like the rest of us; I wouldn’t want to be in their position.
Also, we view all of the saints as mediators, asking them to intercede on our behalf.
"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus" -1st Timothy 2:5
The issue here is that of mediator as described in 1 Tim 2:5. Can Christians ask other Christians both in heaven and earth to pray and intercede for them? Christians on earth - absolutely! Christians in heaven - I don't know. Do the prayers and intercession of Christians in heaven or earth equate the mediation described in 1 Tim 2:5 ? No! No! No! If you disagree then you place your doctrine above God's Word OR you've contorting God's Word to satisfy your doctrine. 1st Timothy 2:5 tells us that Jesus in the one (not "a one', He's "the one") mediator between God and man. That settles it.