Times distortion creates false equivalence between Catholic and Muslim cultures

Marriage for Catholics is a sacrament of mutual, voluntary consent.  In the Catholic sacrament of marriage,  the ministers of the sacrament are the spouses themselves.  This is why the allegation appearing in the New York Times of force Catholic marriages is problematic.   

"The survey found child marriage or forced marriage, or both, in families of many faiths, including Muslim, Christian (particularly Catholic), Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh."

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/14/opinion/americas-child-marriage-problem.html

In fact, beyond the fundamental problem of alleging a child can be forcibly married in the Catholic Church, the Times article distorted the language in the cited survey to imply an equivalence between the scope of the problem in the Muslim culture and that of Catholics. 

"Forced marriage also affects people of many different faiths. The majority of respondents who provided information on religious background said they encountered forced marriage victims from Muslim religious backgrounds, but also encountered victims from Christian (particularly Catholic), Hindu, and Buddhist religious backgrounds, among others."

--- Tahirih Justice Center survey