Sandra Solis loya
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circumstances (Catholic answers)? I've been married 20 years, but my husband is very verbally abusive and has had a gambling addiction for the past 5 years. It got to the point to where it was too hard emotionally and financially to deal with. He seperated himself from the family when we really needed him, and he is now saying that he has changed and that he realized that he was wrong. However, he has recently gone gambling, and started acting the same. I've given him many chances and toughed it out for a long time, because I didn't want my kids to grow up in an even more unstable home. Now that they're older, they have seen how he gets, and how hard it is for me to live with this. I'm unsure about what to do, because I need an anullment to officially separate from him through the Catholic Church, and I feel guilty for violating the Catholic Doctrine by filing for divorce. I do love him because he's the father of my kids, but throughout the years, I've seperated myself from him because I was fed up with him verbally abusing me and abandoning our family. So, my love for him has changed. Perferably Cathlolic answers please, or Christian advise. Thank you 