Disgraced religious figure Rembert Weakland

A minor figure in the disgraceful scandals of the Roman Catholic Church in recent years is Rembert Weakland, formerly Archbishop of Milwaukee.

Weakland's main offense was violating his vow of chastity and paying nearly a half-million dollars in church funds to his gay lover to keep the man quiet. Knowing he was found out, Weakland retired in 2002 at age 75.

An otherwise highly accomplished man, Weakland had become a Benedictine monk in 1945, had served as head of the Church Music Association of America, and had earned a Ph.D. in musicology.