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Former Catholic head of Milwaukee admits he's gay
Associated Press - May 11, 2009 10:25 PM ET
NEW YORK (AP) - A Roman Catholic archbishop in Milwaukee who resigned in 2002 over a sex and financial scandal involving a man describes his struggles with being gay in an upcoming memoir about his decades serving the church.
Archbishop Rembert Weakland tells The Associated Press that he wrote about his sexual orientation because he wanted to be candid about how it came to life in him, how he suppressed it and how it "resurrected again."
Called "A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church: Memoirs of a Catholic Archbishop," the book is set to be released in June.
Weakland told The AP in an interview that he tried to be as honest as he can, but he was very careful that the book not be something that would satisfy people's prurient curiosity.
He says he hopes that people who loved him as archbishop will continue to love him when they read the book.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Associated Press - May 11, 2009 10:25 PM ET
NEW YORK (AP) - A Roman Catholic archbishop in Milwaukee who resigned in 2002 over a sex and financial scandal involving a man describes his struggles with being gay in an upcoming memoir about his decades serving the church.
Archbishop Rembert Weakland tells The Associated Press that he wrote about his sexual orientation because he wanted to be candid about how it came to life in him, how he suppressed it and how it "resurrected again."
Called "A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church: Memoirs of a Catholic Archbishop," the book is set to be released in June.
Weakland told The AP in an interview that he tried to be as honest as he can, but he was very careful that the book not be something that would satisfy people's prurient curiosity.
He says he hopes that people who loved him as archbishop will continue to love him when they read the book.
Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
