kare11.com :: KARE 11 TV - Vatican takes back annulment of Joseph Kennedy's first marriage

Husband-Son, no, Father-Bastard, no, Husband-Son, no, Bigamist-Adulteress*

kare11.com :: KARE 11 TV - Vatican takes back annulment of Joseph Kennedy's first marriage: "Vatican takes back annulment of Joseph Kennedy's first marriage

" align=left>The Vatican has reversed the annulment of former Congressman Joseph Kennedy's first marriage to Sheila Rauch, a union that lasted 12 years and produced two sons.

Rauch and Kennedy, the eldest son of the late Senator Robert Kennedy, were granted a civil divorce in 1991.

She had sharply criticized the Catholic Church for annulling her marriage, alleging in a 1997 book that the Kennedy family's influence in the church had made it possible.

Rauch said she found out about the annulment only after Kennedy married his former congressional aide, Beth Kelly, in a civil ceremony two years later.

Rauch says, 'Things unraveled, but that doesn't mean you didn't have a marriage.'

A spokeswoman for Kennedy had no immediate comment.

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)"
* With apologies to Ms. Faye Dunaway.