IMHO only, this process, the annulment process, and the response the church had to the major assault from the Left after the molestation scandals are the main reasons why so many of us former catholics don't attend services anymore.
I for one think it's embarrassing and ridiculous. This "Saints 'R Us" corporate mentality just illustrates how bloatedly bureaucratic the church has become.
So I'll always be "spiritual but not religious" to quote an oft-used cliche.
That cliche tickles me. Reminds me of a football player on a team, but who never shows up for practices or games because he doesn't like his teammates and some of the coaches. What should management do with that "player"?
I do feel your pain with regards to bureaucracy in "the church", though my experience has been with Protestant denominations. As such I don't belong to any official denomination where churches are forced to give up their control to a large bureaucratic body "out there".