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Dear Lisa,
This sounds complicated. The bottom
line seems to be that, if you are
a Catholic who married in 2009 outside
of the Catholic Church then, your
current union is not valid.
This would mean, objectively, your
living situation is one of perpetual
sin, and it would render you separated
from God and His Church; hence you
would be unable to receive Him in
Holy Communion.
To answer your question directly,
you would have to separate from your
new partner until or unless:
- a potential
annulment is granted, or
- if that
is reasonably impractical or inadvisable, then to live as brother and sister.
After this, a sincere trip to the
Sacrament of Confession could enable
you to receive Communion in good
conscience.
The best thing to do is to try again
to discuss this situation with your
parish priest.
Please don't give
up. There is nothing more important
in this life, and the next, then
being in union with God.
Peace,
Paul
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