tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post3054588953162129669..comments2024-01-16T18:30:41.436-06:00Comments on The Badger Catholic: Archbishop Weakland and his retirement communityBadger Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05389147035157025445noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-78058209744531167542014-07-14T10:47:37.306-05:002014-07-14T10:47:37.306-05:00Anonymous July 14, 2014 at 7:23 AM: In these parts...Anonymous July 14, 2014 at 7:23 AM: In these parts, a retirement home in the Wilson Park neighborhood and converted from the old DePaul Rehabilitation Hospital would not be assumed to be high-end. If Archbishop Weakland's spending any time in a hot tub now, it's therapeutic, I'm sure.<br /><br />Anonymous July 14, 2014 at 9:08 AM: Whatever the good people of Milwaukee assume, I assume Archbishop Weakland is paying for this on the same basis as any other resident. In his case, I assume that includes paying from whatever retirement benefits he receives.<br /><br />Since no one ever indicated Mr. Flynn or his firm were working pro bono, it seems safe to assume our Archdiocese paid them a lot to handle this case. His political affiliations didn't seem to affect the quality of his work. I haven't heard anyone fault the settlement from a legal perspective; the scandal arose from the client's decisions.<br /><br />As I recall, the money from those sales went into what our Archdiocese called its Building Fund. This and other sexual abuse settlements were paid from that fund.Terrence Berreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-81864517954422130172014-07-14T09:08:39.492-05:002014-07-14T09:08:39.492-05:00The good people of Milwaukee are paying for this I...The good people of Milwaukee are paying for this I am sure.<br /><br />I wish they would not use the $450,000. figure when they talk about the money Weakland took from the Archdiocese. It was more than that. Are we to believe that the attorney, Matt Flynn and company (who was the State Demoncratic party chairman and John Kerry's leader in Wisconsin) were working for nothing? How much did they get?<br /><br />Also, where did the money go when Weakland sold off all the land the had been bought in the past (in the ten counties) for new parishes, schools, cemeteries? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-48981913148906400882014-07-14T07:23:29.601-05:002014-07-14T07:23:29.601-05:00I am no fan of Weakland but this post gives the im...I am no fan of Weakland but this post gives the impression he is living in a luxury apartment. In reality, The Chopin is a senior citizen assisted living complex...all of which have these amenities because many residents are too feeble to leave the complex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com