Katherine
wrote:
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Hi, guys —
My daughter (never married) is marrying a
man who is divorced with children; both are
Catholic.
- Can they be married by a Catholic priest,
not necessarily in the Church, but at the
hall?
Katherine
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Can my Catholic daughter, who hasn't been married, marry a divorced Catholic man with children? }
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Paul
replied:
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Katherine,
If the man's marriage was valid then
your daughter cannot get married
with a Catholic priest present as
a witness, until or unless the man's
previous union is declared null and
void. Without a Church annulment,
the previous marriage must be presumed
valid, and any union between your
daughter and the man would objectively
be adulterous.
If the man's marriage was not a Church
wedding and was proved to be invalid
then it is possible that a priest
may bless the wedding. Contact the
parish priest to figure this out.
Paul
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Mary
Ann replied:
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Katherine,
No, not without a declaration of
nullity of his first marriage.
Otherwise, the priest would be officiating
at a bigamous union.
Mary Ann
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John
replied:
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Hi, Katherine —
Not only can't a priest marry them,
but she cannot marry this man unless
he gets an annulment.
If she goes ahead with the marriage
anyway, she will be in a state of
adultery and may not receive the
sacraments including Holy Communion at Mass. She is putting her soul
in grave danger.
John
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