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As a matter of fact, the late Marcel DID open the floodgates to the modern practice of annulment mills which flourish in the US more than anywhere when Marcel presided over the Rota...

Interesting, I did not know this. In my opinion, the errant US tribunals are just as big a problem within the Church as sex abuse and homosexuality... This topic is one I am interested in and research. I will see what I can find on Marcel -If you have any specifics I would appreciate them.

Interesting, I did not know this.

No one else that has checked has been able to verify this statement, and no source of information has be offered to back it up. There may well be a very good reason you did not know this, since it seems to be false.

The problems with the American tribunals are the next generation of poblem but Marcel is supposed to have allowed the initial liberalization. Given and inch, AmChurch bishops took a mile to the point where I believe that the US has about 6% of the world's Catholics and 67% or more of the world's Catholic annulments. That cannot all be attributed to Marcel BUT in earlier days, every annulment granted was automatically appealed to the Rota in Rome by the Defender of the Bond and parties had to be available on short notice in Rome for hearings on appeal before Marcel.

I don't know the name of book or author (I believe he has an Italian name) but there is a book by a Notre Dame architecture professor which may well be an accurate starting point. He was very uspet at his wife attaining an annulment in South Bend because he felt very strongly that there were no legitimate grounds. The book was published in the 1990s. I borrowed it from a public library. The author displayed a very good grasp of Canon Law and annulment procedure. I wish I could be more helpful.