[GOP Poet]

my question as always. what happens when one partner won’t offer any sort of sex for years upon years? Divorce? Even the Catholic church allows annulments under such conditions.

[cherry]

yes...the Catholic Church does allow for annulments for that....probably first they would suggest he/she get a physical, then counseling....

this is a two way street...my friend/co worker confided to me that her husband who is 60 is impotent...and she's afraid to suggest seeing a dr or using youknowwhat.....she's very upset about it because she is in very good shape and looks 20 yrs younger than her age of 60....

[Mrs. Don-o]

As to annulments in the Catholic Church, the teaching is that a valid marriage consummated by an act of intercourse creates a marriage bond which cannot be broken by anything but death.

There can be no annulment of a valid marriage, because an annulment is a finding of nullity, that is, a finding that there never was a valid sacramental bond to begin with. Refusal to have intercourse later on down the line may be a monumental injustice, but it is not grounds for annulment.

(A civil divorce is possible, but this does not imply a right to remarry while the spouse is still living.)