I’m not Catholic so what I’m about to say could be classified as horse hockey but....with money and pull a divorced person can obtain an annulment and remarry. The ordinary Catholic who divorces is committing adults if they remarry. So they drop out. They stop going to church.
As a non-Catholic I can clearly see the moral difference between someone sleeping around when they are married and someone who gets divorced and remarries.
I’ll will be interested in hearing the opinions of Catholic Freepers.
Its not a question of money or power. Ordinary Catholics can and do get annulments.
You have to provide reason that a Sacramental Marriage didn't or couldn't exist to a marriage tribunal.
I’m Catholic, but not practicing. I am also divorced and would likely be granted an annulment, but I refuse to go though that. God knows the reasons my marriage failed and should I ever get married again, I know God would not consider me an adulterer. I can live without the blessings of the church. I answer to God.
An annulment is granted after testimony is given.
If an annulment is granted on a lie, it remains adultery.
If a bribe is given for the purpose of getting an annulment granted in error, it remains adultery.