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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.
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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