What needs to be done to return to the Catholic Church after leaving for the LDS?

[Ravyn_Guiliani]

I know of a situation where a couple who were “nominally” Catholic left the Church and were baptized in the LDS, along with their minor children. Now 30+ years later the children are grown adults and chose to be Confirmed Catholic some years ago and atleast one of them is an active Catholic. I am not sure but suspect that the parents have not been to Confession/Reconciliation or recieved Eucharist all these years. If the parents wish to return to the Catholic Church, how do they need to go about it? And are they in a state of Excommunication? What about the children who only did what the parents told them to do when they were baptized LDS–did their Confirmation fix that? Is this a sin that must be specifically addressed in confession or is it covered in a “general confession”?

 

[Devon_Caffran]

The following links should assist you in better understanding the process of coming back to the Church after so many years. If you have any further questions or concerns that are not answered by these links, please [contact Catholic Answers (http://www.catholic.com/home/contact.asp) directly.

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