Kinda like Serv Pro.
Like it never happened
Please watch the video to put it in church words.
I was speaking to an older women at church. She told me her name and
I remarked: "Oh I went to high school with a Susy Jones."
She answered: "My daughter went to that high school."
I said: "So how is Susy these days?"
She answered: "She's fine...now."
She continued. "Susy married a man who beat her. We BEGGED her to see a priest, but she wouldn't do it. They had five children and he continued to beat her knowing that Catholics can't divorce.
Finally Susy went to see a priest. He told her that her husband had no right to treat her that way. And he initiated an investigation."
Mary's mother continued: "It took two years of investigation but the priest discovered that her son-in-law had these intentions before he and Susy married."
The outcome was that the Church granted her an annulment because there had been NO valid marriage since the husband had never intended to 'love, honor and cherish' Mary.
The children were NOT illegitimate.
I paused, then asked, "How is Mary doing these days?"
Her mother answered: Oh, she married again and is SO happy. He's SUCH a nice guy and he ADORES her.
I said what was appropriate but thought: These things don't usually turn out so well. But, they did this time! GOOD FOR MY OLD HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE!!
That’s kinda the point. If the putative “marriage” wasn’t valid from the inception, it never happened in the eyes of God.
And, that’s what the Church is trying to discern.