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?
...oh and don't forget the Taliban who still use stoning...forget the club...they are such a joy for eternity as well.
G-d gives us rules to live by because he doesn't want us to get hurt and because he loves us...not for some fascist to use against his fellow man as a bludgeoning device.