Meaning no disrespect but this is hardly a sympathetic case.  A. The man knew the rules and made a deliberate choice and B. He's rather past his prime, no...?  If we're going to knock the church, let it be for something more deserving than this.  This guy can continue to be a serving Christian, just not in a formal or official way.  A second marriage at 88 ought to be consuming enough, never mind being the patriarch of such a large family.