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Divorcee Query

  • 29-08-2007 05:40PM
    #1
    Garry Kasparov
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭


    Hi all,

    I am planning on getting married next year. My fiancee has been previously married and divorced (in Ireland). Her marriage was a civil ceremony and we intend on marrying in the church. Can anyone advise whether the RC church will have a difficulty with this, i.e. is the civil marriage recognised by the church?

    I'd ask a priest but the only one I know is marrying us and we haven't told him (yet).

    Cheers,
    GK


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  • #2
    Richard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,441 ✭✭✭Richard


    Garry Kasparov wrote:
    Hi all,

    I am planning on getting married next year. My fiancee has been previously married and divorced (in Ireland). Her marriage was a civil ceremony and we intend on marrying in the church. Can anyone advise whether the RC church will have a difficulty with this, i.e. is the civil marriage recognised by the church?

    I'd ask a priest but the only one I know is marrying us and we haven't told him (yet).

    Cheers,
    GK

    I know of someone in England who has been married and divorced three times but because none of these was in a Catholic Church (two of them were civil, one was in a Church of England) he was allowed to get married on the fourth occasion in a Catholic church.

    But things may well be different in Ireland so this isn't a definitive answer.


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