Is he currently an adulterer?
Was he one at the time he entered the Church?
I presume he’s gone to confession regarding past sins. He may even go regarding current sins, although you can’t really expect God to forgive you if you don’t have a firm intent not to do that sin any more.
The Church is a hospital for sinners. We’re the ones who need saving and healing, after all.
I know good Catholics who have had abortions. They repented, and their sin was forgiven and they now defend life.
Getting past wrongdoing and moving toward holiness with God’s grace is what it’s all about.
I’m glad Newt is in a place where he is obliged to examine his conscience.
Is he currently married to someone not the wife of a prior marriage, the first which is still living?
Was he one at the time he entered the Church?
Well, his current wife is admittedly a "life-long Catholic" and so there is some culpability there. Is SHE is good standing? Didn't she violate church teaching? Didn't Newt cause her to commit adultery?
The Church is a hospital for sinners. We’re the ones who need saving and healing, after all.
Ah, the all-popular, no-fault insurance policy cop-out license for sinning. I can expect someone to pull this out whenever this discussion is had.
I guess the several Pauline lists of sins that will bar the committor from entering the Kingdom has been now been rendered null and void, then?
Divorced and remarried? In the eyes of the Church, yes he is.