Retired Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, a once-towering figure in the American Catholic Church who spent his final years in virtual exile after a public fall from grace, has died. He stepped down in 2002 amid a scandal that involved embezzling $450,000 in church funds to silence a man who had accused him of sexual assault and was his former “lover.”

Passing of a predator: Rembert Weakland dead at 95
© 2023 The Catholic Thing. All rights reserved. For reprint rights, write to: [email protected]
The Catholic Thing is a forum for intelligent Catholic commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own.
