Solemnisers for Civil Weddings

Helmet · 2008-03-25 19:52:42

Righto, we don't want a church wedding, so we're taking advantage of the change in law which allows us to have a civil wedding in a hotle. Grand! However I'm trying to figure out if we can have the local priest as our solemniser at the ceremony or does it have to be a non-religious facilitator? Any help would be greatly…

25-03-2008 07:52PM

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Helmet

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Righto,

we don't want a church wedding, so we're taking advantage of the change in law which allows us to have a civil wedding in a hotle. Grand!
However I'm trying to figure out if we can have the local priest as our solemniser at the ceremony or does it have to be a non-religious facilitator?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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#2 25-03-2008 08:12PM

seamus

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Any solemniser can do the ceremony, their religious affiliation is irrelevant. Though you may have trouble convincing the priest to perform a civil ceremony.

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#3 26-03-2008 06:30PM

Helmet

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Cheers Séamus, much appreciated......think the local boyo will be on for it he's fairly sound!

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