And here's what Bergoglio's homo-Jesuit buddy, James Martin, S.J. has to say:
Martin stresses only that Weakland had paid a man he had homosexual relations with, not that Weakland was a practicing, active homosexual.
Posted on 08/22/2022 2:53:22 PM PDT by ebb tide
Denver Newsroom, Aug 22, 2022 / 13:50 pm
Archbishop Rembert Weakland, a Benedictine who served as archbishop of Milwaukee from 1977 to 2002, died overnight on Monday.
Weakland died after a long illness the night of Aug. 21–22 at Clement Manor in Greenfield, a Milwaukee suburb.
The archbishop was a progressive who had advocated for the priestly ordination of women.
His resignation as Milwaukee’s archbishop came after revelations that the archdiocese had paid $450,000 to silence Paul J. Marcoux, an adult male seminarian with whom he had a sexual relationship.
Archbishop Jerome Listecki of Milwaukee commented Aug. 22 that “For a quarter of a century, Archbishop Weakland led the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and his leadership embodied his Benedictine spirit. His pastoral letter, ‘Eucharist without Walls,’ evoked his love for the Eucharist and its call to service. During his time, he emphasized an openness to the implementation of the teachings of the Second Vatican Council, including the role of lay men and women in the Church, the celebration of the Sacred Liturgy, ecumenical dialogue, and addressing societal issues, especially economic justice. May he now rest in peace.”
Weakland was born in 1927 in Patton, Pennsylvania, and attended the minor seminary run by St. Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe. He was professed as a member of the Order of St. Benedict at the abbey in 1946, and took solemn vows in 1949. He was ordained a priest in 1951.
A music scholar, he was made a consultor to the Consilium, the committee that interpreted Sacrosanctum Concilium and that was responsible for preparing the revised Order of Mass following the Second Vatican Council, in 1964. He was made a member of the Consilium in 1968.
In 1967, he was appointed abbot primate of the Order of St. Benedict.
He was appointed archbishop of Milwaukee in 1977 and consecrated a bishop that year. He served there until his retirement at age 75 in 2002.
His own sexual abuse, and his poor handling of abuse by other priests, led to the renaming, in 2019, of the Weakland Center, which holds the offices of the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.
Weakland said he began having homosexual relationships after his episcopal consecration, and he dissented from the Church’s teaching on the immorality of sodomy.
And here's what Bergoglio's homo-Jesuit buddy, James Martin, S.J. has to say:
Martin stresses only that Weakland had paid a man he had homosexual relations with, not that Weakland was a practicing, active homosexual.
Ping
The most charitable thing I can say about the man is “May God have mercy on his soul.”
James “The Beast With Two Backs” Martin weighs in....
He definitely needs it. It makes no sense to become a priest or bishop if you don’t believe.
Hopefully he repented and isn’t saying hi to Judas right now.
“May God have mercy on his soul.”
Amen.
Fun fact: Weakland was Archbishop of Milwaukee during Jeffrey Dahmer’s most productive period.
A truly Jesuitical observation.
Ecclesiates 3:17 - I said to myself, “God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed.”
I wouldn’t pray for mercy on this man knowing the little that I know about him. I would pray for God’s justice. Which of course I don’t need to pray for as it has already been meted out.
May he receive all he deserves.
The Floor Of Hell Is Paved With The Skulls Of Bishops - St. Athanasius. 293-373 AD. No truer words were spoken that some these Shepherds of the Church who’ve lead their flocks astray.
Prayers for a deeply misguided soul.
I wonder if the Windy City Gay Chorus will sing at Weakland’s funeral Mass, like it did at Cardinal Bernadin’s Mass.
They’re only 92 miles away; I’m sure Cupcake Cupich would pay their round-trip bus fare.
The apostle Paul describes certain qualities that a Bishop should have:
“A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach;” - 1 Tim 3:2
The point is that Cardinals, Bishops and Priests need to be held to a higher standard if they are to serve in their role.
The Church has the authority and responsibility to defrock a religious for certain behavior. One would think that practicing fornication or sodomy would result in automatic defrocking.
Why wasn't Weakland defrocked?
Can this be one of those “death comes in threes” things? It’s time for some other bad church leaders to get ready…
Some famous scribe said:
‘The road to hell is paved with the bones of Bishops.”
In the end, this is what sank him publicly: “The sexual misconduct involved a homosexual relationship the archbishop had with a young male graduate student in 1979. The financial misconduct involved the hush-money payment of $450,000 in archdiocesan funds to the man in 1998, after he claimed through a lawyer that he was a victim of “sexual abuse” at the hands of Archbishop Weakland.”
When lay people realized they’d been robbed of $450K to pay for his flings, his public image was ruined.
Imagine trying to raise money for the Church after that?
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