Returning Catholics FAQs: Adultery

O n Mondays, I answer questions frequently asked by those considering a return to the Catholic Church. How do I know this stuff? I was away for more than 30 years myself, and am the co-author of When They Come Home: Ways to Welcome Returning Catholics , a book for pastors and parish leaders interested in this ministry.

I had an affair. Does the Church still want me?

Of course. God can forgive anything. However, adultery is a serious offense against God, your spouse, the person with whom you had...