[Desdemona]

I remember a Priest saying it succinctly. People like the Kennedy's and Sinatra were granted "late" annulments because they lived such screwed up lives.

True, but in Ted Kennedy's case, it was never a marriage. Joan was a fruitcake and really, they never should have been allowed to marry.

[potlatch]

Joan was a fruitcake and really, they never should have been allowed to marry

I never thought of her as a fruitcake in the early years. I believed he drove her to drink!

Having grown up in Catholic school, I never heard of alcoholism as being grounds for an annulment. We were taught that marriage was a Sacrament involving lifelong commitment 'for better or worse'.