Cohabitating

[tinytherese]

A while back in a theology class I took in high school, somehow we got onto discussing whether or not if a priest can marry a couple if he knows that they are cohabitating. The class got into a debate about this and for some reason it just came to my mind again.

Wouldn't it cause scandal if they were married in the church, regardless of whether or not they had or had not been sexually intimate in the past together? Even if they still lived together but stopped the physical intimacy wouldn't that make it look like it's telling other Catholics that it's okay to cohabitate?

[cappie]

This may not answer your specific question but it is an excellent letter which addresses your questions.

Cohabitation Before Marriage: Pastoral Letter issued by the Kansas Bishops directed to engaged couples who cohabit and to those involved in their marriage

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