Article — Slater, Manual of Moral Theology

Article XI. Crime

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By ecclesiastical law certain crimes committed by married people which are specially opposed to the sanctity of marriage constitute a diriment impediment of a second marriage. These crimes are: adultery together with a promise of marriage or attempted marriage with the adulterer, murder of a spouse with the machination of the other party, adultery and murder of a spouse. In order that these crimes may constitute a diriment impediment of another marriage, certain conditions explicitly or implicitly contained in canon law must be fulfilled. These will be described in the following sections (Can. 1075).

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