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Dear Abby letters on marriage fraud and personal truth
Letters discuss in name only marriages for money with a Mexican suitor and the legal risks of fraud. A priest writes on canon law and annulment distinctions, while a widow shares her late husband’s cross‑dressing secret and her wish for understanding.
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Abby
Mexico
United States
Joel Flanders
U.S. Immigration Office
Los Angeles
Raymond Rickell
OFM
ST. Francis Church
Bayfield
Wis
Father Rickels
Sun City
Ariz