---"In handling these cases, I had accepted naively the common view that it was not necessary to worry about the effects on the youngsters: either they would not remember or would 'grow out of it.'"
---"The parents usually said they would take care of the child if I got the priest out of the area."
---"I never did understand why the [pedophile priest, William Effinger] involved was not the primary object of this anger, but the feeling was that the church had deceived them."
---"When in the summer of 1979 [Marquette graduate student Paul Marcoux] asked me to share an evening meal, I accepted. That evening ended in sexual touches that he later would call 'date rape.' Our sporadic relationship continued, for some months, while I kept closing my eyes to its conflict with my vow of celibacy, the sinfulness of it all..."
What a disgrace!
Weakland displays a stunning cluelessness, incredible immaturity, selfishness, and arrogance.
Weakland is NOT a victim.
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