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You have a distorted view of annulments. It is not about money, or power.

Catholics who marry in the Church (or non-Catholics who marry in their Churches) are presumed to be validly married. If a divorce occurs, and one of the partners desires remarriage, that first marriage has to be investigated for validity.

It is not true that the Kennedy's get "quickie" annulments. Robert Kennedy's annulment took over two years, which is about the average time for a case to work its way throught the process.

I suspect you're not practicing for other reasons, and use this is a convenient foil.

"You have a distorted view of annulments. It is not about money, or power."

That's nonsense, and naieve! And widely joke about in the Boston Arch Diocese. I've been around The Church my whole life. My Sister is an SSND and my parents are deacons. I was educated at the undergraduate level by the reverent and revered RHSM and at the Graduate level by the Jesuits, both organizations who practice what they preach, unlike the majority of Diocese.

Sure I have plenty of bones to pick with The Church and those who supposedly act in their name. Yes I was severely abused by Charity nuns in grammar school like many who studied under them. And I have been read last rites twice by priests who seemed more interested in the more prurient aspects of my "last confession" as I was a Navy Sailor in the 7th Fleet. My grandfather was in the Irish Republican Army which helped free Ireland so that The Church could put a strangle hold around the neck of the country, despite the fact that they had initially agreed to excommunicate all members of the IRA.

So yeah, I have my issues as well good memories of those that practice what Jesus taught. But as far as marriage and annulments go, It IS all about money, position and power. Maybe you are not aware of, or are unfamiliar with experiences of those of lesser fortunes or breeding who try to seek annulments, but I'm not, nor is God or I fooled by this Roman mumbo jumbo. It has no more validity than Limbo.

Jesus knows what's in the hearts of men, that's good enough for me.