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From: jhpb@granjon.garage.att.com
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Subject: Re: divorce and remarriage
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Date: 9 Nov 90 04:59:33 GMT
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garyh wrote:

    The separation was for unchastity (sexual sin), the result was the sin
    of adultry.  I also know of the Catholic church as granting an
    annulment after some paperwork and ritual to just about anybody
    wishing to return to the "church" Then everything is supposed to be OK
    for remarriage, etc.  Seems to be skirting the issue to me as I don't
    find the passage to read, "except for annulment."

An annullment is a declaration that there was no marriage in the first
place, and is thus different from a divorce, which is a breaking up of a
valid marriage.

That there are so many annullments granted in this country is one of the
scandals of the American Catholic Church.  I have little doubt that most
of them are null and void.
    
Joe Buehler