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The Sanctifying Function of the Church » The Sacraments » Marriage » Marriage celebrated secretly | |
Canon 1130. | For a grave and urgent reason, the local Ordinary may permit that a marriage be celebrated in secret. |
Canon 1131. | Permission to celebrate a marriage in secret involves:
1° that the investigations to be made before the marriage are carried out in secret; 2° that the secret in regard to the marriage which has been celebrated is observed by the local Ordinary, by whoever assists, by the witnesses and by the spouses. |
Canon 1132. | The obligation of observing the secret mentioned in can. 1131 n. 2 ceases for the local Ordinary if from its observance a threat arises of grave scandal or of grave harm to the sanctity of marriage. This fact is to be made known to the parties before the celebration of the marriage. |
Canon 1133. | A marriage celebrated in secret is to be recorded only in a special register which is to be kept in the secret archive of the curia. |
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