Posted on 07/01/2004 4:22:11 AM PDT by Elkiejg
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:42:32 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Based on what chatter I have picked up, that has not been confirmed on paper. Neither has there been confirmation whether Kerry and his current "wife" were married in accord with Catholic sacramental rites.
I think I'll pose the public-record question to one of the canon lawyers at EWTN, and will get back to you with whatever response I receive.
One would think the marriage certificate (with Mrs. Heinz)would be around somewhere. Although...maybe they got married in Vegas or abroad. One wonders...where did they do pre-Cana? Apparently he takes advice from the kook priest, Fr. Drinan, also a liberal/socialist pro-abortion nut. That speaks volumes.
If O'Malley doesn't come out in agreement with this suit, we'll know he's been bought and paid for.
Most Catholics could care less because they are Demoncrats.
The Kerry rap sheet would seem to include violations in the following areas:
abortion
sacrilege
scandal
questionable anti-Catholic Secret Society memberships
marital irregularities
and abomination (harvesting embryonic stem cells)
FWIW, the Catholic League says that Kerry eventually said that he did get the annulment. I don't know if he produced documentation or not, but unless he's lying through his teeth, his first marriage was apparently found null.
The acrostic pretty much sums up John Kerry.
The Catholic League's a good source. I can't imagine that William Donohue would simply repeat Kerry's assertion without having checked it out. Thanks for the lead.
The bishops (sigh) will form a commission and issue a statement that they will bring it up for discussion at their next frat party conference. Then they'll form another commission and consult with Rome.
Expect to get the final decision after the 2008 elections.
The Church Burns and Babies Die while bishops sit idly by.
I could be wrong, but I've always understood that it was Chancery policy everywhere not to comment on annulment proceedings.
I wouldn't give up on O'Malley just yet. He did state publicly that pro-abort pols should refrain from receiving Communion. And here in Boston and MA generally, we have lots of self-styled "Catholics" who are pro-abortion; they were, of course, given a lot of cover, first by Drinan, who I gather invented the "personally opposed but" argument, and later by Bernardin and his "seamless garment."
Kerry's normal church (if you can call it that) is the Paulist Center -- owned and operated by the Paulists, and not under O'Malley's direct control -- calls itself on its website "a worship community in the Roman Catholic tradition," whatever that means.
I think O'Malley's still getting the lay of the land here. I wouldn't want his job.
I'd be shocked if the records of the actual proceedings were made public. All I'm looking for is whether an annulment was granted or not. If marriages are made public by the Chanceries -- and they are -- I can't think of any reason why annulments shouldn't be, too.
Kerry's normal church (if you can call it that) is the Paulist Center -- owned and operated by the Paulists, and not under O'Malley's direct control -- calls itself on its website "a worship community in the Roman Catholic tradition," whatever that means.According to Fr. Robert Nugent's c.v., "his pioneering work has been recognized with awards from many groups including Washington P-FLAG, Yale Divinity School, the Paulist Center in Boston, Dignity USA and several Dignity chapters."
Near as I can tell, the Paulist Center in Boston is "a worship community" in the Rainbow tradition ...
Bumping!
I could have been clearer about what I meant. As I said, I don't know much about it, but I do recall reading somewhere that chanceries don't comment about annulments at all, except to the parties involved. They won't even confirm that one was sought, and they don't tell outsiders the decision.
Sounds like you're right! (Even worse than I thought! Though it shouldn't surprise me . . . )
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