Divorcee remarrying in Catholic church?

Plans_all_plans

Marriage is a sacrament in the Church and as such there is no charge (although a donation is anticipated). As far as I'm aware there's no system whereby you can bribe a Priest to marry you!

Tulip09

My parents got married in catholic church by a catholic priest, my mum did not convert though although we were raised catholic. I dont know all the in and outs of it except after they got a legal divorce mum recieved a huge booklet to fill in asking all sorts of personal questions about her marriage etc, she got visit from 'churchy' people ( investigation team) and she ended up having to see a solicitor as they were saying that her marriage wasnt legal anyway which had implications on the children (from the non legal marriage) She really felt blackmailed into signing the forms for the sake of the children! Something worked though as dad got married in a catholic church to his catholic wife, service by a catholic priest with all their catholic family around them.

tiff

I've heard it several times from different people so it did happen, another friend was told the same and refused to pay it and got married in a C of E church.

sueeve

If the first marriage was in a Catholic church and there was a divorce rather than an annulment the person cannot marry again. An annulment comes after an investigation by the church to show that there was something not quite right in that marriage e.g. intention of promises or all sorts of different things. For this investigation there is a charge and the paperwork has to go to Rome for authorisation, which can take a long while. I think this is where the money comes in.
If the marriage which has come to an end was not in an RC church ( a civil marriage or in a different denomination) then it should be possible to have an RC marriage.
When people say 'legal' I don't think that they mean in the law of the land, but rather that it was not a marriage made by God.

vwelsh13

oh tell them to elope to some exotic island and marry on the beach!

Barneysmom

I wasn't allowed to remarry in a C of E church, I was gutted when Father B said he wouldn't marry us because I was divorced. I'd always thought it was just in a catholic church where divorcees couldn't remarry. My hubby is catholic though doesn't really bother about it.

We had to get married in a registry office, then have a church blessing which although it was a lovely service, I should've told Father B to shove it as it was hypocritical.

fawd1

when my now husband and I were organising our wedding we went to see our local catholic priest to ask about this as my husband had been previously married. He told us that if the wedding is simply a civil ceremony then the church don't consider it valid so not a problem to remarry. However, if the wedding had taken place in a church (any church of any christian denomination) then they would consider it to be a valid marriage and as such it would have to be annulled before we could marry in the church. He also explained that it is very very difficult to get a marriage annulled, unless there has been some sort of gross misdemeanour by one party (any type of fraud in regards to the relationship)

Plans_all_plans

Hi Barneysmom, I think it depends on the Vicar within the C of E. If they are High Anglican they are pretty much Catholic in terms of belief so divorce would be a no-no for them.

tessie_bear

annulling a marriage is a long winded carry on...my friend had a very unpleasant report written about her character as her ex wanted to get married in church

Tulip09

Yep it is an ugly affair indeed! But hey because of my fathers choices and his affair with his now wife. He got what he wanted in the end and i hope he gets what he deserves. He destroyed and lost his wife and children/ grandchildren & parents in the process but he got what his lover wanted and that was to marry in a catholic church. Yep good catholic hypocrites - cant beat them and wouldnt want to join them!