Had this big Hoo-HA about 8-10 years ago when one of the Kennedy boys married for 20 years with 3-4 kids decided to divorce his wife and marry some woman who was also Catholic.
This new woman insisted on a full blown out Catholic wedding.
What a mess, first the Kennedy man had to get a divorce, he did, then to appease the new woman get his marriage annuled by the Church.
His EX-wife objected as that would make his children bastards by church law and placed in some very strange positions within the church. Bastards were not allowed to take communion for one thing.
Don't ask me, this was part of her complaint, never heard of this before but it may have been a very old rite of the church not followed today.
We in New England watched this battle closely, we even put down wagers on who would win this fight.
Who would the Church side with a woman who was married all these years and had born 3-4 children to this Kennedy man, or bow to the Kennedy money.
The ex-wife appealed to the Vatican for help, this was a home grown soap opera for us. How can one annule a marriage that was sancified by the church and children born from that marriage???
Lots of arguments insued in the following months about this by the Catholic community. One cannot imagine the family talk about the table of mother and children at that time.
Up shot, the Kennedy got his allument, married his new wife in pomp and splender, marriage lasted just a few years, new wife took the high road and a bundle of money with her.
Just one of the interesting things the Kennedys had going on in their lives.