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Weakland funeral; former Milwaukee archbishop with complicated legacy
Funeral for Weakland set for Tuesday
A funeral will likely be held Tuesday, Aug. 30 for former Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland.
MILWAUKEE – A funeral will likely be held on Tuesday, Aug. 30 for former Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland.
Weakland was defamed for safeguarding clergymen who sexually assaulted youngsters. He served as Milwaukee archbishop for 25 years – and died at 95 final week.
The Weakland funeral will likely be held at Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist starting at 4:30 p.m. Monday. There will likely be a visitation from midday to 4 p.m.
Portrait of Rembert Weakland, Archbishop of Milwaukee, in church, January 1, 1984. Shot for Enterprise Week journal. (Picture by Michael L Abramson/Getty Photos)
An announcement from the Milwaukee Archdiocese credited Weakland for main the church’s transition into the trendy period.
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Nevertheless, Weakland’s legacy is something however sacred. Paperwork present he reassigned predatory clergymen to totally different parishes with out telling households.
Some hope Weakland’s dying will reignite the pursuit of justice for all victims – together with the person who based the Survivors Community of these Abused by Clergymen (SNAP).
“He by no means apologized to us. He by no means regarded us within the eyes and stated, ‘I am sorry for what occurred to you and your households,” stated Peter Isely, Nate’s Mission Program Director.
Archbishop Rembert Weakland (Julliard piano graduate) in smiling portrait, taking trip from his official duties for session at piano. (Picture by Steve Liss/Getty Photos)
Assertion from Jerry Topczewski, Chief of Workers, Workplace of Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki
“A funeral Mass will not be a glorification of an individual’s life, however relatively an act of mercy for the useless throughout which we pray that, regardless of any failings in life, they could be acquired by a merciful God.
“We pray for all sexual abuse survivors and hope they’ll discover therapeutic and peace.”
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After Monday’s companies, Weakland will likely be buried in Pennsylvania at St. Vincent Archabbey, the place he went to highschool, faculty, seminary, and ultimately grew to become archabbot.