Rembert Weakland
American archbishop
Rembert George Samuel Weakland OSB (April 2, 1927 – August 22, 2022) was an American Benedictine monk. He was the Archbishop of Milwaukee from 1977 to 2002.[1] He was born in Patton, Pennsylvania.
Shortly before his mandatory retirement, it was revealed that Weakland had a sexual relationship with a man that he worked with and that the diocese had paid $450,000 to the man to settle any legal issues from this.[2] He was also controversial for destroying reports about priests being accused of child sexual abuse.[3]
In April 2022, Weakland was reported to have been in hospice care.[4] He died on August 22, 2022 in Greenfield, Wisconsin at the age of 95.[5][6]
References
change- ↑ Catholic-Hierarchy.org.-Rembert George Samuel Weakland
- ↑ "Milwaukee Archdiocese Removes Names Of 2 Priests From Buildings". Wisconsin Public Radio. March 19, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
- ↑ "Weakland says he didn't know priests' abuse was crime". Archived from the original on September 17, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
- ↑ Horne, Michael. "House Confidential: Rembert Weakland's Blandly Secular Apartment". Urban Milwaukee. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
- ↑ "Announcing the Death of Archbishop Emeritus Rembert G. Weakland". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee. August 22, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
- ↑ "Archbishop Emeritus Rembert Weakland dead at 95". WITI (TV). August 22, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
Other websites
change- Archbishop Rembert Weakland at the Archdiocese of Milwaukee website
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