How is this fair??

[Luvz2travel]

Life isn’t fair no one ever said it would be.

 

[JRKH]

Life isn’t fair no one ever said it would be.

Not talking about “life” here but the “kingdom” where things ]ushould be fair and even more fail.
The OP was concerned about something he perceived occurring within the Church and ask about the fairness of it. A perfectly legitimate question.

Peace
James

 

[Godfollower]

The technical term for this is: a mistake.

The divorced and remarried Anglican entering the Ordinariate must go through the same process as any person desiring to enter into full communion with the Church: a tribunal investigation for nullity or in circumstances where the Pauline or Petrine Privilege apply then for dissolution of the bond.

See question #15 on this Q&A page:

ordinarychurch.org/information/q-a-s

Thanks 1ke - I kind of suspected, when I calmed down and started thinking rationally, that it must be something like this. I think I owe it to my work mate to raise the issue with him now that I know the answer…

Mek

I agree with 1ke; it’s most probably a mistake by your work friend (or someone advising him) about the state of his marriage, rather than a different rule for him than for you.

I’m sorry for your situation. It sounds very hard to deal with, and I commend you for your strength. If your wife is unwilling to seek a decree of nullity of her previous marriage, however, I don’t know what else you can do.

Except pray.