[metmom]

Since divorce is a mortal sin, annulment is an out for them to get a divorce and not call it a divorce and still get to heaven.

Probably shortens their time in the torture chamber of purgatory.

The hypocritical thing is, if the marriage wasn’t *valid* to begin with, that means the *married* people were deceived by the church into thinking that the marriage that the Roman Catholic church performed in the first place WAS valid.

In the second place, it then means that they were living in sin (adultery since they weren’t “really” married) all those years and any offspring are then illegitimate children.

[Judith Anne]

The hypocritical thing is, if the marriage wasn’t *valid* to begin with, that means the *married* people were deceived by the church into thinking that the marriage that the Roman Catholic church performed in the first place WAS valid.

Or, it could mean one participant in the sham marriage lied, or it could mean that one participant was pressured into marriage because of a pregnancy, or it could mean that one participant was a practising drug addict or alcoholic, or it could mean any one of a number of things.

[Judith Anne]

PS, where is it stated that divorce is a mortal sin?

[presently no screen name]

Exactly. Their deceptive practices lead to more deception. Notice how little the RCC thinks about the children involved. What a sham their man made rules are.

[caww]

it then means that they were living in sin (adultery since they weren’t “really” married) all those years and any offspring are then illegitimate children.

It would appear so. Round and round it goes when one misses the mark, man so wants to avoid guilt...and when he attempts to do so he only sinks further.