Dear Johnny:

The marriage of the couple you met is not valid unless the "wife" was had an hermaphroditic condition. If this was a result of gender dysphoria syndrome then the "wife" is still a even if his organs have been removed and replaced with artificial female anatomy.

Gender dysphoria syndrome is the source of this desire to change sexes. This is a psychological condition and a confusion in the mind. The solution is to work with the person to remove the confession, not to mutilate themselves to change sex.

Gender dysphoria syndrome is a hatred and detestation of one's anatomical sex with a desire of becoming a member of the opposite sex. These people are not transvestites (persons who receive erotic pleasure from dressing in the clothing of the opposite sex) and are not homosexuals (persons sexually attracted to members of their own sex). They seek to have their natural sex organs removed and replace with artificial organs of the opposite sex to in effect "change their sex." But they have not changed their sex by mutilating themselves and taken hormone treatments. They remain their original sex.

Mutilation is a grave sin. The person, of course, may repent of what they have done, seek confession for their sin, and then receive the Sacraments, but this would necessitate that this couple terminated their marriage and the "man" never have sex again if it is not possible to reverse the surgery.

Unless this "wife" had a hermaphroditic condition they cannot be validly married and are thus living in sin and are barred from the Sacraments. If they receive the Sacraments anyway, they commit the additional grave sin of sacrilege against the Eucharist.

God Bless,
Bro. Ignatius Mary