Bride Dumped at Alter
A bride who was left standing at the alter is suing the groom who literary ran away and left her alone with the Priest! Lilibeth Gaviola and Ryan Sesante had been classmates in college in 1998 and became sweethearts after meeting up again in February 2006.
On arriving at the church Lilibeth was met with the news that Ryan had not yet turned up - when the Groom is late, you gotta know something is going down…..
Before the Groom could say ‘I Do’ a woman stepped into the church and shouted ‘Father, please stop the wedding’ and called out Sesante’s name twice….. Off Ryan shot with the other women to the amazement of the guests.
Now Lilibeth has filed a suit for breach of promise to marry and is now claiming for moral damages.
Have you ever been to a wedding where the bride or groom have done a runner at the very, very last minute? Still, probably better before the final ‘I do’ than 6 months later.
£50 Church Fee for Your Wedding?
Father Michael Canny, P.P. of St. Eugene’s in Derry, Northern Ireland has started to charge wedding couples a flat fee of £50 to get married.
Of his 76 weddings last year only 16 were from local couples.
Father Canny says that most couples either don’t make a ‘donation’ or if they do, it is often very small. He also explained that many couples book up several churches 2-3 years in advance and make a final choice nearer the time, therefore taking dates away from other couples - he hoped this charge would help to prevent that.
£50 seems like a very small amount to me for ‘hiring’ Gods house for your wedding. I can’t imagine getting married in a church and not making a donation significantly more than that!
How much will you be ‘charged’, or will you ‘donate’ to your church when you get married? Is the Father being canny… or should the Church be free?