You wrote:
” and had the marriage annulled by paying off the catholic Church”
Show me your proof that he paid off the Church. Who got the money? How much was it? How do you know? What’s your source?
I don’t know squat about the Kennedy dude but I know for a fact that my father paid off the catholic church to get an annulment from my mom. It was a $1000 “donation” straight to the Monsignor at St. Monica’s church in Santa Monica, CA.
Don’t know the Kennedy facts but it sure does happen.
It’s called an Indulgence. More common in the church a thousand years ago but you can still pay for an annullment. One of my friends did that so she could remarry in the Catholic church. Divorce calls for excommunication.
If you think annulments are free try to get one.