THE NATION - News from May 19, 2009
A victim of an abusive Roman Catholic priest and victims’ supporters expressed disappointment over former Archbishop Rembert Weakland’s upcoming memoir and say he and the Milwaukee archdiocese continue to hide one of the state’s worst abuse cases.
Arthur Budzinski said the excerpts from the book that had been disclosed ahead of its June release were striking. Now 60, the former student at a Milwaukee-area Catholic school for the deaf thinks leaders failed to protect students and that Weakland should have worked harder to defrock the abuser.
Weakland said he tried in his memoir to recount how he and the archdiocese dealt with abuse cases and his own growth in understanding the problem.
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