Showgirl Valeria Marini was granted
an annulment by the Roman Catholic Church from former husband
Giovanni Cottone Wednesday on the ground that he had concealed
from her a previous marriage with a woman with whom he had two
children, the Sacred Rota court said.
Marini and Cottone were married May 5, 2013, in a
glittering fairytale ceremony at the Basilica of Ara Coeli in
Rome but Cottone "had concealed the existence of a previous
matrimony celebrated in church with another woman in Palermo,"
the Rota court which judges requests for annulments said in a
statement by its press office.
"The court of the Sacred Rota therefore pronounced the
definitive verdict and annuled the marriage of Valeria Marini
and Giovanni Cottone. Marini, therefore, can contract a new
wedding and being a devout believer she learned the news with
great joy".
Marini said "this is the end of a nightmare. I knew about
a civil wedding Cottone celebrated but I knew nothing about this
previous marriage".
"I was deceived in everything even before God," she added,
"I was wounded to the quick as a practicing Catholic woman. Now
at last I have obtained justice and am serene, ready to start
again".
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