[ArrogantBustard]

We have a very open door policy to Gay men who have shown an interst in religious life.

So their monasteries are dens of sodomites? yuck. Wasn't Weakland, or one of his ilk a Benedictine?

[Polycarp]

Yes, and now he is living at the Benedictine Archabbey at St Vincent's in Latrobe, PA, about 45 miles from here.

[ninenot]

Weakland was indeed a Benedictine--started off at Latrobe.

Got to be the Big Benedictine, located in Rome. Had some friends there--Martini, Bugger Bugnini. VERY involved with the Revolution in liturgy.

RUMOR has it that the Benedictines, backchannel, petitioned PaulVI to get Rembert out of his position as Superior General because they couldn't take any more of him--thus, he was assigned to Milwaukee.

RUMOR also has it that there were other circumstances which caused PaulVI to send him to Milwaukee.

I'd sure like to know what PaulVI had against Milwaukee.

When he retired, he asked Latrobe for a room so that he could stay there, out of the limelight; RUMOR has it that Latrobe told him they couldn't find a space for him.

So he's kind of a house-prisoner in his elaborate apartment, custom-built for him at the priests' retirement complex in Milwaukee--build with Archdiocesan money, of course.

He's the Wizard behind the screen--with the petitions about optional celibacy and priests' "unions."

Dolan has a heavy cross to bear.