Can Divorced People get married in Church?
In 1998 more than half of all couples married for the first time chose to be married in church. For those couples where at least one had been married before, the figure was just 18%. These statistics might show that there are a lot of people out there who would like to be married again in church, but dont know how to go about it. And yet there are ways in which many divorced people can be married in a church. In the Roman Catholic Church, there has to be a church court to annul the previous wedding and to declare that it hadnt been properly entered into. This can take a long time, but it is sometimes possible. In the Church of England, it depends on the local person in charge. In a few places, the vicar or rector is prepared to marry those who have been divorced. You just have to be fortunate enough to live in one of those parishes. At the moment it depends entirely on the conscience of the local vicar. The Church of England is reviewing the whole issue of divorce and remarriage, so th
