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Rembert Weakland's memoir detailing his life as a closeted gay man within the church and the loneliness that drove him to pursue a sexual relationship with another man. ...

Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

Also cogent analysis from Atheist Revolution, tying Weakland's statements to the recent revelations of widespread abuse of Irish children in Catholic-run institutions, and of course, the subsequent conspiracy to cover it up.

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Weakland's critics allege that, when he was Archbishop of Milwaukee, he had tried to cover up some of the widespread abuse that had taken place in the diocese – in particular by overseeing an evaluation in 1993 of Father Lawrence Murphy, one of those prosecuted for abuse.

retired archbishop: we didn't know raping children was a crime 2009

Weakland's words are contained in his memoir, A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church – and have infuriated those who suffered at the hands of the clergy.

retired archbishop: we didn't know raping children was a crime 2009

The Vatican last week swiftly accepted Weakland's resignation, which he had tendered last April.

An Archbishop's Fall From Grace 2007

But Archbishop Rembert Weakland, who drove the changes, retired abruptly after admitting the diocese paid a man $450,000 in a secret settlement for Weakland's alleged sexual misconduct.

USATODAY.com - Two cities, 10 years, same crisis 2004

Weakland's lament, "that much of my life was spent seeking the father figure that had been there so briefly" (pg 26), may be a factor in some of his illicit adult relationships, to his depiction of his mother as

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In the end, Weakland's analysis that Paul's personal views shifted is incorrect; his issuing of

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While I agree with Bishop Tobin's review that we should not overlook Weakland's many redeeming qualities (for example, his fight to bring the vernacular of the Divine Office to some Benedictine sisters who didn't understand Latin over the protest of the abbess who declared, "They don't need to understand the prayers since God does!" seems commendable),

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Goodstein's account bounces back and forth as if there were not some 20 plus years intervening between reports in the 1960 and 70's to the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and local police, and Archbishop Weakland's appeal for help to the Vatican in 1996.

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