[Apologetics] Will Michael have the satisfaction of a Catholic wedding?

[Stuart D. Gathman]

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005, Stuart D. Gathman wrote:

> Will the Catholic Church marry a couple when the groom is an unrepentant 
> murderer?  A major motivation for "putting Terri out of her misery" was to 
> remove the impediment to a Catholic wedding that Terri represented.
> 
> However, since the Pope has confirmed that killing his wife, however 
> disabled, is a mortal sin (well, grave - but we all know Michael knows 
> that the Church considers it murder, even if he has rationalized it to 
> himself), doesn't that present an impediment - at least until there is 
> sincere and public (since Terri's murder was public) repentance?

According to the legal timeline posted by Jacqui, Michael signed over
responsibility for what to do with Terri to the courts 12 years ago.
I'm not sure why he is still so involved after giving his testimony.
In any case, I shouldn't be so quick to saddle him with full
responsibility (although turning her over to the courts was wrong,
his Catholic duty was plain).

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