Retired Milwuakee Archbishop Rembert Weakland has stirred the waters lately with his new book in which he discusses — in fairly lengthy detail — his homosexuality.

The New York Times was the first to break that story, and now Laurie Goodstein is back with Weakland 2.0 and his plans not to retire to a New Jersey monastery. Seems the monastery is attached to a boy’s prep school, and some were nervous that having Weakland close by might (negatively) impact their fundraising campaign.

From Laurie’s story:

The Benedictine monks at St. Mary’s Abbey administer the adjacent Delbarton School, a Roman Catholic preparatory school for boys, where last year’s tuition was nearly $25,000. Archbishop Weakland said he had been told that the school was in the middle of a fund-raising campaign and that there was concern from lay people on its board about his retiring at the abbey.

The Rev. Giles Hayes, the abbot, said on Tuesday no one at the asked or pressured Archbishop Weakland not to come.

“He’s a real gentleman,” Abbot Hayes said, “and he wouldn’t have wanted to hurt us.”