In a sacramental marriage, can there be sex after divorce and reconciliation?

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If a husband and wife are validly married in the Catholic Church, and after several years get a civil divorce, never seek an annulment, live chastely after the divorce, and then reconcile at a later time. In this case, are this husband and wife allowed to lay together, in the eyes of the church since they are still married in the eyes of the church, or do they have to have their marriage acknowledged by the state in order for them to return to being able to have relations with each other?
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For a Catholic, divorce is a purely civil matter and does not affect the validity of a sacramental marriage whatsoever. The husband and wife will always retain the right to express their marriage vows sexually. When such individuals reconcile, they are certainly morally free to live as man and wife.

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.
 
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