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March 19th, 2013, 07:47 GMT · By

Bill O’Reilly’s Divorce Turns Nasty: Custody Battle Rages On, He Wants Marriage Annulled

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Report argues Bill O’Reilly used the church to get back at ex-wife, is now looking to have marriage annulled
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Bill O’Reilly and Maureen McPhilmy have been living separately for years but, Gawker has learned, their dispute is far from over. Now divorced, the two are locked in such a bitter court battle over their defunct marriage and custody of their two children that “even God got involved.”

The publication has uncovered a series of documents that prove how O’Reilly, a popular Fox News fixture, author and public speaker, manipulated people around him in an attempt to get back at his ex-wife, who dared date another man after their relationship was over.

According to the report, O’Reilly used a social worker who was supposed to act as arbiter between the two, always keeping in mind the best interest of their 2 children, to get leverage on McPhilmy.

He took the woman, put her on his payroll and employed her as his nanny, thus violating the custody agreement.

At the same time, Gawker suggests, O’Reilly pressured the church into warning his ex she will be excommunicated if she kept telling the children that her second marriage, to a cop she started dating after they broke up, was valid in the eyes of God.

“Gawker has learned that McPhilmy has been formally reprimanded in writing by her church for continuing to take communion in her Long Island parish despite having been divorced and remarried—a no-no according to the Pope,” the publication writes.

“The reprimand also instructed her to stop telling her children that her second marriage, to the Nassau County detective O'Reilly tried to destroy, is valid in the eyes of God. It warned her that if she didn't comply, harsher measures may be in order,” adds the same media outlet.

Moreover, O’Reilly is trying to get the marriage annulled, as yet another way of getting back at his ex.

“While he's busy harassing McPhilmy for asserting the holiness of her second marriage, O'Reilly is trying to deny the existence of his first: He is, Gawker has learned, seeking an annulment of his 15-year marriage, which produced two children. Null and void. Invalid in the eyes of God. Never happened,” Gawker writes.

Contacted for comment, neither O’Reilly nor McPhilmy would address any of the above claims. Head on over to Gawker for the full story, including documentation to back up the allegations.


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Comment #1 by: PJ Wilk on 19 Mar 2013, 08:19 UTC reply to this comment

Persons sling mud who have nothing valuable to say...Any person who was once married has a lost when divorced especially when it is against your beliefs...Anyone who wishes to hurt either party in any case is just trash..looking to trash someone and get their own name in a paper..scum of the earth.

I hate this kind of publishing and I don't care

Comment #1.1 by: BILL on 19 Mar 2013, 11:42 GMT

BET GETTING AWAY FROM HIM WAS LIKE GETTING OUT OF HELL,

Comment #1.2 by: BILL on 19 Mar 2013, 11:44 GMT

YEAH YOU SELF RIGHTOUS HYPOCRITES WOULD RATHER IT BE SOMETHING ABOUT A DEMOCRAT

Comment #1.3 by: Bud Simpson on 19 Mar 2013, 14:39 GMT

I find it shocking that some lunatic married this piece of garbage.

Comment #1.4 by: Bud Simpson on 19 Mar 2013, 14:40 GMT

Who brought up dem vs. rep., this is a divorce, if you check it happens in both parties.

Comment #1.5 by: Bud Simpson on 19 Mar 2013, 14:41 GMT

...and at least dems can spell, is that righteous enough for yew?

Comment #1.6 by: JJ on 19 Mar 2013, 15:06 GMT

the wife wasn't complaining when he hit the big money

Comment #1.7 by: WG on 19 Mar 2013, 15:14 GMT

Amen to that. These people that spend their time slaming people are a bunch of slake a**es. Their so quick to jump on something that's none of their business. What's important is things like the lives that were lost in Bengazi. Which the White House is doing everything to keep from telling the truth. This is what's important. Wakeup America. Stop acting like a bunch of High Schoolers.

Comment #1.8 by: YouStupid on 19 Mar 2013, 23:44 GMT

Why would anyone even wants to marry O'Reilly in the first place? Maybe for money, that's all, I guess.

Comment #1.9 by: Foul Marriage Bill on 20 Mar 2013, 00:49 GMT

Love to see OLD dried up dog looking Billy Boy getting a dose of his own crap. He is always into other folks business now everyone can see what this * ball is like at home. Bet his kids are scared as hell because he preaches and pretends he is hollier than thou while hitting up on the girls at work. He is a bigot and a scum ball. This is his second failed marriage but sure won't be the last woman to go screaming an running away from his foul odor. So much for conservative family values.


Comment #2 by: PJ Wilk on 19 Mar 2013, 08:20 UTC reply to this comment

Trash talk about anyone is just that..Find a real job.


Comment #3 by: BobP on 19 Mar 2013, 10:15 UTC reply to this comment

Bill O'Rielly is a * hard bigot ahole who is a jaded man who can't stand that his ex wife would be with some other than him. He is a Rush Limbaugh clone a real detriment to sociaty with his bigoted agenda

Comment #3.1 by: JJ on 19 Mar 2013, 15:06 GMT

and you're so smart like a *

Comment #3.2 by: leonardo on 19 Mar 2013, 15:36 GMT

he`s the number one cable news show for 12 years and Limbough has the # 1 talk radio show you`re just a pin head that sounds like you nevered watch or listen to them . you probally hate your country , god and yourself what a tool you are

Comment #3.3 by: billy on 19 Mar 2013, 16:31 GMT

O"Reilly and the Catholic Church. They seem to go together very well these days.

Both beyond dysfunctional.


Comment #4 by: SWFLORIDA1106 on 19 Mar 2013, 12:05 UTC reply to this comment

There wouldn't be enough money for me to "bed" down this sleaze of a man..He makes me sick to my stomach...

Comment #4.1 by: George on 19 Mar 2013, 14:49 GMT

tell us what you really think!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment #4.2 by: JJ on 19 Mar 2013, 15:05 GMT

as if he would want a fatty like you

Comment #4.3 by: WG on 19 Mar 2013, 15:05 GMT

To start off with, it's no one's business but the husband and his wife. It's something that the two will have to settle themselves. Why the big hipe? It's not like no one get's devoriced. If the Gawker want's to do some important investigation. Find out what the truth is about Bengazi. This is what effects our lives.

Comment #4.4 by: WG on 19 Mar 2013, 15:07 GMT

You Wish LOL

Comment #4.5 by: SheseasynSWFL on 19 Mar 2013, 15:28 GMT

Sooo you are saying you would do it for free. Noticed she said she wouldn't do it... just wouldn't take money


Comment #5 by: jc on 19 Mar 2013, 14:39 UTC reply to this comment

bill turn the page of life your still the best


Comment #6 by: Pickles on 19 Mar 2013, 14:54 UTC reply to this comment

I remember seeing him verbally emasculate some poor stage hand while the cameras were running. The man was barking like a rabid dog, and deserves the same level of concern and caution. I think he's about as stable as plutonium, and represents the worst broadcast journalism has to offer.

Comment #6.1 by: dd on 19 Mar 2013, 15:41 GMT

I remember Obama telling the russians he would have more wiggle room after the election while the cameras and mikes were still on. Wonder which will get America attacked first, Oreilly or Obama?


Comment #7 by: George on 19 Mar 2013, 14:57 UTC reply to this comment

Bill O'Reilly is a great newscaster, he doesn't make up lies to hurt others, like the network people do. Sorry about his marriage. You who are without sin cast first stone. The hate alone, is a good example.

Comment #7.1 by: HolyCow on 19 Mar 2013, 16:05 GMT

Bill O'Reilly and great in the same sentence? Whoa.


Comment #8 by: DR on 19 Mar 2013, 15:08 UTC reply to this comment

He sounds like a real * ! The kind every mother warns her daughter about, and hopes she never marries!


Comment #9 by: HolyCow on 19 Mar 2013, 16:04 UTC reply to this comment

Did I read that Bill was dating Dennis Rodman?


Comment #10 by: Carolyn on 19 Mar 2013, 16:05 UTC reply to this comment

I'm just glad that the Catholic Church isn't in charge of who goes to heaven and who doesn't. They're not really in charge of who can take communion and who can't. If you go to the trouble to compare their doctrine with what the Bible says about just anything...you'll find that they are way out of line and the Bible says "the traditions of man make the Word of God of no effect"....which from what I can tell...fits that denomination to a T.

Comment #10.1 by: Sam on 19 Mar 2013, 17:08 GMT

Carolyn, You are not Catholic and you quote only from part of the bible read ! Cor 11:2, St. Paul instructs, "Hold fast to the traditions, just as I handed them onto you." In your post St. Paul was talking about the Jewish traditions.


Comment #11 by: Sam on 19 Mar 2013, 17:03 UTC reply to this comment

Give me a break! This article is trash not news. She has no knowledge of the Catholic faith but makes erroneous statements. For example the emotional gotcha says, "Moreover, O’Reilly is trying to get the marriage annulled, as yet another way of getting back at his ex." No, no, no, when two married Catholics get divorced, one or both usually seek an annulment which allows them to receive communion and re-marry. The petitioner has to prove that the requirements for marriage did not exist. They don't look at blame or guilt of the other or both parties. So if O'Reilly wanted to just smear her into the ground an annulment in the Church is not the avenue as it is not published. The suggestion that O'Reilly "pressured the Church" into warning his "ex" about her marriage to another man. No one can Pressure the Church just ask those who sought but did not receive an annulment. No, the article is just an emotional rant and nothing more.


Comment #12 by: hjman on 19 Mar 2013, 21:36 UTC reply to this comment

Who could live with that pompous * ?I hope he goes to hell where he belongs.Now that would be fair and balanced.

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