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Mariah's ex flaunts Catholic law for weekend wedding
Back in 1993, singer Mariah Carey had a vision of love. She married Sony Music CEO Tommy Mottola in a lavish ceremony at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church in Manhattan. There were 300 guests. It was quite a scene. Mariah was 23, Mottola was 43, according to reports.
This Saturday, Mottola will tie the knot again, this time with Mexican soap star Thalia. But here's the problem: the wedding is scheduled for St. Patrick's Cathedral, where Bishop Edward Egan will officiate. That's a Catholic church. And Carey has never been asked about an annulment by Mottola of their three year marriage.
Cindi Berger, Mariah's rep, spoke to the singer yesterday and she claims not to have heard from her ex-husband on this subject. And she hasn't signed anything like an annulment. We'll take her word for it.
Joe Zwilling, a spokesperson for St. Patrick's Cathedral explained to me: "We view marriage as a sacrament," and then went on to say that even if a person has been married in a non-Catholic church, "there must be a declaration of nullity." Even if you were, say, Jewish, and wanted to marry in the Catholic church after divorce, you'd still have to provide evidence of a "get" (the Jewish word for annulment). It's cut-and-dried, black-and-white.
Mottola, who was raised as a Catholic, is said to have converted to Judaism for his marriage to wife Lisa, which ended in divorce in 1990. But before it was over and done, Lisa accused Mottola of concealing assets from her and her children, who were then 8 and 10 years old (and are now 18 and 20, respectively).
Zwilling declined to comment on the Mottola nuptials, which appear to be in strict violation of Catholic law. When I asked if Mottola had donated money to St. Patrick's Cathedral lately, the official responded: "I'm not going to talk about that, I can't answer that."
But the New York Daily News reported back on September 5th that Mottola had been seen with Egan at the Cathedral. Is it possible the new Bishop has no idea that he's marrying someone improperly? Mottola's office said the Sony honcho was busy with wedding plans and would not respond to questions. (Fox411)
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