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[Catholic Caucus] Mel's marriage is annulled ... by his own dad
Woman's Day (Australia) ^ | 8/3/2009

Posted on 08/04/2009 5:43:44 AM PDT by markomalley

No wonder Mel Gibson is giving the thumbs-up. Full time has been called on his 28-year marriage to Robyn Moore. The Pope didn't give the order, though. That edict came from Mel's 90-year-old father Hutton Gibson, and it paves the way for his son to marry his pregnant Russian girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva by Christmas.

Having had his request turned down by Catholic bishops, Mel, 53, pleaded his case in front of a tribunal of members from the Church of the Holy Family, his breakaway Catholic church in Malibu.

Hutton, who once studied for the priesthood only to leave before he was ordained, presided over the hearing. He granted Mel's annulment request after his son presented evidence that his union to Robyn, 53, was never a true marriage — even though they wed in a Catholic ceremony in Australia in June 1980.

"Especially important was Mel's description of how he felt pressured into the marriage in the first place because Robyn was pregnant," a family insider says.

"Those feelings indicated to Hutton that it couldn't have been a true marriage, and so he felt it must be invalid.

"After the discussion ended, Hutton pounded his fist on the table and said, ‘It is true that this union did not have what it takes to be a true marriage.'"

The family are at pains to keep the annulment, which took place a month after Robyn filed for divorce in April, a secret — but maybe not too secret.

"Mel hopes some of the bishops he has befriended recently can be persuaded to give him a proper Catholic annulment," the insider says.

Either way, Mel is forging ahead with plans for a Christmas wedding to Oksana, 39, despite her cold feet over his recent behaviour, which includes gambling escapades in Las Vegas.


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Ministry/Outreach; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: adulterer; apostate; catholic; kennedyesque; melgibson; sedevacanist; toldyouso
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As much as I enjoy his movies (and believe "Passion" was inspired), the more I hear about him, the less impressed I become.

1 posted on 08/04/2009 5:43:45 AM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Seven kids and he had the marriage annulled? Mel has gone off his rocker....


2 posted on 08/04/2009 5:45:48 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Rummyfan

Either that or this Ukrainian bombshell has caused all the blood to rush from his head to his pe**s and he ain’t thinking straight!


3 posted on 08/04/2009 5:47:03 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: markomalley
Henry VIII comes to mind.
4 posted on 08/04/2009 5:49:55 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: Rummyfan
I guess his 7 kids weren't ‘real’ either. Are they going to be ‘annulled’ too?
5 posted on 08/04/2009 5:50:51 AM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: markomalley
I don't think his actions now make his movies any less good or less great. I just think he's going through a mid life crisis and has gone mildly insane.

As for the annulment he's basically removed himself from The Church anyway so hey...why stop there!

6 posted on 08/04/2009 5:52:07 AM PDT by Artemis Webb
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To: markomalley

The church made their own rules. A friend of mine got her marriage annulled....All you gotta do is PAY!!


7 posted on 08/04/2009 5:54:46 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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“I guess his 7 kids weren’t ‘real’ either. Are they going to be ‘annulled’ too?”

Yes, in his case and in every other annullment.

I don’t get it.

This guy is such a train wreck.


8 posted on 08/04/2009 5:55:43 AM PDT by Joann37
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To: Rummyfan

That’s what I heard.


9 posted on 08/04/2009 5:55:53 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: markomalley
"Especially important was Mel's description of how he felt pressured into the marriage in the first place because Robyn was pregnant," a family insider says. "Those feelings indicated to Hutton that it couldn't have been a true marriage, and so he felt it must be invalid.

And how is that different from his upcoming marriage to his pregnant girlfriend?

10 posted on 08/04/2009 5:57:15 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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I dont know why Mel would worry about getting a farcical annullment. He knows and we know it isnt a true annullment so his conscience cannot be clear with it. Why seek it?

He probably would have gotten a real annulment from the Catholic Church if his name had been Ted Kennedy.

We all know Ted’s conscience is clear.

Do I believe even the Church’s real annulments are sometimes farcical??? Yeah , I do.


11 posted on 08/04/2009 5:58:51 AM PDT by Venturer
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I used to be a fan of Mel’s because of this convictions. No more. Now he is now an irrelevant nutcase. I feel for his kids.


12 posted on 08/04/2009 5:58:51 AM PDT by growingpains
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To: Joann37
Very few people, even brilliant people, can survive a life of fame, great wealth, and constant adulation. This cocktail is potent enough to intoxicate almost anybody.
13 posted on 08/04/2009 5:59:07 AM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
And how is that different from his upcoming marriage to his pregnant girlfriend?

Wink wink. Setting up Annulment Two, when he meets another starlet he wants to bed.

14 posted on 08/04/2009 6:00:23 AM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: fatima
I remember James Caviezel, on an interview once saying, You don't expect to make a movie on the Passion and not get some of it handed to you.

Mel has the demons working on him overtime.

Sad.

15 posted on 08/04/2009 6:01:43 AM PDT by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: Venturer

I agree. I am Catholic and the annulment is just the Catholic Church’s way of getting around a divorce. If you have the money, you get one.


16 posted on 08/04/2009 6:01:45 AM PDT by growingpains
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To: mware

It is sad.Pray for him .He is still looking to do a movie that I would like to see done.


17 posted on 08/04/2009 6:04:00 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: growingpains

Evidently, you did not read the article. He was refused an annulment by the Catholic Church, so he pulled a Henry VIII.


18 posted on 08/04/2009 6:04:34 AM PDT by dangus (I am JimThompson)
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To: markomalley

I have lost all respect for Mel.............. oh wait.... Mel is Hollywood.... typical Hollywood behavior.


19 posted on 08/04/2009 6:05:35 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Travis McGee

where did you come up with that idea? :)


20 posted on 08/04/2009 6:05:42 AM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT ("Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow"C.Coolidge)
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