“I thought there was one exception?”
The only exception I know of is if the “original” spouse dies, and then, and ONLY then, is he free to remarry. I don’t know of any other exceptions.
In the case of the preacher down the road, even if his original spouse died today, he still entered an adulterous relationship while she lived. It’s a whole icky situation.
Overall, the church seems OK, but for them to call him in that situation, it negates shows a serious lack of discernment within the church leadership. They know better.
31 “Furthermore it has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ 32 But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except [a]sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.