And to all, thanks for your responses. In my church, one who violates the sanctity of a current marriage cannot have the new marriage consecrated by the church. And those who go through the repentance process must show fruits meet for repentance for at least a year. Under circumstances such as this, the couple would be married by the church official but only civilly until they have repented fully and shown true penance. Then a church ceremony would consecrate the marriage. Some friends of mine are going through this process. She was pregnant so they were married civilly by the church authority and, if all goes well, they can have the marriage consecrated in a few more months.
I will assume that the local church followed the proper process in this case. I won't judge. (And I didn't know Michael wasn't Catholic.)
Good for the kids, I guess. I hope all goes well for this second marriage but I wouldn't make any bets on it.