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Anthony St. Louis-Sanchez

Anthony St. Louis-Sanchez

Ecclesiastical Judge and Director of the Metropolitan Tribunal of Denver; canon lawyer and adjunct professor of canon law at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary.

Jul 14, 2026

14:05
And so I'm wondering, at a high level, yeah, how does the process work? Like if someone, you know, is like, "I think my marriage wasn't valid," or we can get into all that, what are the steps at a high level?
14:16
Yeah, at a high level, I think the first step is always meet with your parish priest.
14:20
Your pastor can help direct you, figure out, you know...
14:23
Usually there's someone called an advocate who helps someone who's in need of a declaration of nullity, helps them kind of maneuver the process, fill out all the paperwork, but most importantly, make an argument.
14:35
Really that's what we need, uh, someone to do, is to make an argument that my marriage wasn't valid for these reasons.
14:41
And most people, this is kind of beyond them a little bit, so, uh, we have advocates who can help people do this.
14:47
Some- it depends, every diocese is different.

13 MINS LATER

28:12
Lead us to the finish line, if you would, of how that all works.

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