How do you annul a marriage when children have been conceived?
What idiot priest athorized this and how much were they paid off?
Chewie,
This has been going on ever since Vatican II. There are thousands of Catholic marriages, with many children, that have been annulled. It's easy, if you have the $$$$$ and know which diocese to go to.
I had a neighbor with four kids, she got an annulment, then turned around and married the priest who arranged it for her.
This annulment thing is a scandal to rival the pedophile priest scandal in the Church. No wonder everyone calls an annulment a "Catholic divorce".
The Church does not recognize the sanctity of the marriage and grants an annulment (for myriad reasons) after BOTH parties are questioned very thouroughly about those reasons.
And while there is a fee exacted, it is usually about $250.
I had my first marriage annuled after my CIVIL divorce was final. My children are considered legitimate in the eyes of the Church. The state does not recognize the sanctity of a church wedding, only the civil aspects thereof.
This is an old Catholic-bashing canard.
A few Catholic millionaires who, despite having Church marriages, have received annulments and then remarried, over the years:
Frank Sinatra, Lee Radziwill, several Kennedys, Clare Booth Luce, etc.