Bruce Scambler CPA

In this blog instalment, the question is whether the Catholic Church still granting annulments of long marriages (what is long … 10…..to what 30 years or more) is really sensible in this modern day. It’s a question of degree.   Are the partners of the marriage both still living or has one passed on.   Or has one become mentally incapacitated. Moving on from incidents and accidents, see last article there may be a case for an annulment   in the situation of an accidental or health caused death.    There is less public resistance to that. Where there is public resistance and even outcry, is for both partners still living Post divorce, and then having to suffer responding to what amounts to a second divorce proceeding.   It takes weeks of time to compile a response and months of involvement to navigate the ancient canon law tribunal process. Really it does nothing to enhance the modern day standing of the Catholic Church.   Coming as a follow on the the child abuse from priests th