On October 20, 1968, Kennedy Onassis married her long-time friend Aristotle Onassis, a wealthy Greek businessman who was able to give the privacy and security she wanted for herself and her children. The wedding took place on Skorpios, Onassis's private Greek island in the Ionian Sea. After marrying Onassis, she took the legal name Jacqueline Onassis and lost her right to Secret Service protection. The fact that Aristotle was divorced and his former wife Athina Livanos was still living, many believed that Jacqueline might be excommunicated by the Roman Catholic church. She was seen by some as a "public sinner".