Boris and Carrie have got married!

I'm sorry but there is so much more deserving news. His previous marriages and children deserves better. I do hope it lasts as there is yet again another little one involved. Breaks my heart.

Also, Boris was baptised in the Catholic faith apparently.

From what I heard on the BBC News, his prior marriages weren't done in church so they got away with marrying in the Catholic church that way -- I'm guessing the church don't accept registry office weddings!
I have no idea if he's Catholic or not, but he is the Prime Minister, so I guess he gets leeway from that!
They said Carrie wore a 'beautiful long white dress with no veil'. Lol I thought she looked like she was going for a summer picnic!!
But, what the heck, they're married and very good luck to them.

Great news. Wishing them every happiness!!

Boris was never married in church so he was entitled to a church wedding this time round.

Other people were not allowed to hold their weddings but as usual one rule for one and one for the other. Wonder if ALL his children attended or were even aware of wedding!

Apparently the previous marriages were not recognised by RC Church, so therefore had not been married before.

I read that for some reason, Boris's previous marriages 'don't count' in this instance, thus allowing a church marriage.

I'm not sure if his former wives will be relieved or insulted by this!

Anything to stop Carrie from being forced to testify against him when his turn in court comes!

I assume Jo would have been at the wedding too given that his brother has given him a peerage. Nepotism at it’s best (or worst).

And his sister said she’d never met Carrie although I presume that has changed now.
Well, they were reportedly at the wedding.

Some blended families seem to work quite well and happily from what I have seen.

If he last went to confession when he was a child, how long would it take for a poor priest to listen to all the sins he has committed in the last forty or fifty years?

Did his adult children attend the wedding? Sorry if I missed it if has already been said, my computer is playing up and jumping pages and jumping down pages. I think it might be possessed.

Dinahmo

GillT57

Surely he would have to have confession or absolve/ask for forgiveness whatever it is that catholic priests insist on? So, how did it go with the divorces, abortions, adultery etc? I have not time for organised religion and this has confirmed that I am right. As for those two, I do not wish them well, their marriage is on the back of many other people's unhappiness and they do not deserve to 'live happily ever after'.

That's what happens in a Catholic Church. You sin, you confess, you get a penance and the you can start all over again.

I don't think you understand how it works. When you confess you have to do it sincerely, with the intention to not commit the sin again. Of course we are human and fallible but if you cynically confess the absolution doesn't count. The priest doesn't know but obviously if you believe in God you accept he knows if your confession is sincere, if it isn't you leave confession with an extra sin not absolution.

MayBee70

Look, none of you seem to understand that I feel for Johnson’s other children because I know how much pain it caused my children when their dad left them. So I’ll leave you to your little Boris and Carrie love fest. I don’t pretend to be anything other than what I am which is obviously a very nasty spiteful person which is why I don’t like people being two faced about getting married in a church when, imo they lead lives that are far from Christian.

Absolutely this.

She had cervical cancer as well, so one affair too many. I'd have castrated him. Her Mum was also a Sikh. Amongst all the disregarded children and Church weddings, no one has actually made reference to this.

Maybee, I knew what you meant wrt hurt to previous children. I don' think people understand how common it is that previous children are excluded from subsequent relationship wrt their Fathers. It is obviously great if that doesn't happen but 'some' men seem programmed to making their current sex partner happy and are not that bothered about previous stuff if they are like Boris Johnson (and yes I think gransnetters are naïve to this type of behaviour or think it is ok if the chap is a wealthy sort)

His children that is.....I think his last wife just thought it was one affair too many.

Well, from what I read at the time they weren’t having anything to do with him. And his sister said she’d never met Carrie although I presume that has changed now.

Do we know if his previous wives were devastated to see him leave? Perhaps they were mightily relieved.

Dinahmo

GillT57

Surely he would have to have confession or absolve/ask for forgiveness whatever it is that catholic priests insist on? So, how did it go with the divorces, abortions, adultery etc? I have not time for organised religion and this has confirmed that I am right. As for those two, I do not wish them well, their marriage is on the back of many other people's unhappiness and they do not deserve to 'live happily ever after'.

That's what happens in a Catholic Church. You sin, you confess, you get a penance and the you can start all over again.

Perhaps I should convert.

GillT57

Surely he would have to have confession or absolve/ask for forgiveness whatever it is that catholic priests insist on? So, how did it go with the divorces, abortions, adultery etc? I have not time for organised religion and this has confirmed that I am right. As for those two, I do not wish them well, their marriage is on the back of many other people's unhappiness and they do not deserve to 'live happily ever after'.

That's what happens in a Catholic Church. You sin, you confess, you get a penance and the you can start all over again.

BlueSky

Well said Calli. Anyway do you really think his children care that they are not ‘acknowledged by the Catholic church?’

I suspect the difficulty for some/possibly all of Mr Johnson’s children is that they are rarely if ever (in some cases) acknowledged by their father.

MayBee70 , yes of course the Church influenced the stigma around ‘unmarried mothers’

But weren’t the parents mainly influenced by their Catholicism?

MayBee70

But this isn’t a newborn child. These are young adults that have seen their father leave their mother for someone else and are now regarded by the church as non existent. I agree that no child is illegitimate. But this is the very same Church that treated unmarried mothers as criminals, made them give away their babies with no contact (eg Philomena). It’s just all so two faced.

Plenty of young unmarried Irish women kept their babies, my great aunt being one. The Catholic church did not go round kidnapping pregnant unmarried women, their families put them in the homes and refused to have them back with the babies.

Well said Calli. Anyway do you really think his children care that they are not ‘acknowledged by the Catholic church?’