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See post #79. Legitimate Catholic Church annulments for traditional, historical, legitimate reasons are not that hard to get. Annulments outside those parameters, such as the one John Kerry sought, are still quite difficult though much less so for the Kennedys of Massachusetts

Legitimate Catholic Church annulments for traditional, historical, legitimate reasons are not that hard to get. Annulments outside those parameters, such as the one John Kerry sought, are still quite difficult though much less so for the Kennedys of Massachusetts

Dennis, I worked in a marriage tribunal role for ten years, ending in 1996.

You are simply wrong, not only about the "annulments outside those parameters," but also about money being needed to obtain such an annulment.

Psychological grounds form the basis for 99% of all anulments granted today, with "inability to form a sacramental union" being the most predominant.

Still bluffing, are you?

What in your opinion is a "traditional, historical, legitimate" reason for an annulment? If this is the sort that's so routine, why is it that 40 years ago a full year would see only 500 or so annulments in the US, whereas today that number has swelled to 50,000? Has the Church only in the past 40 years discovered her own tradition and history?

You still have not explained why, with his Kennedy-sized bank account, Kerry's annulment isn't waiting for him in his Beacon Hill mailbox. Since you're so well-informed, what non-traditional marital impediments is the senator alleging to have invalidated his marriage to the first Mrs. Kerry? And why is his money no good with the Archdiocese of Boston?

You are wrong about this, as you were about annulments being a privilege of the rich, and your obstinate refusal to accept reliable information makes for an unedifying spectacle. I'm getting mighty tired of being informed about bureaucratic technicalities of Church law by a glib Jewish bigot. You don't know what you're talking about. Be gracious enough to admit you were wrong. Humility is liberating.

(BTW, there's no such thing as being "outside" a parameter.)