Former Archbishop Rembert Weakland, who resigned from the Catholic archdiocese of Milwaukee in 2002, is coming out as a gay man in his upcoming book, according to the Associated Press.

Called A Pilgrim in a Pilgrim Church: Memoirs of a Catholic Archbishop, the book is set to be released in June.

“I was very careful and concerned that the book not become a Jerry Springer, to satisfy people’s prurient curiosity or anything of this sort,” Weakland said. “At the same time, I tried to be as honest as I can.”

Weakland stepped down soon after Paul Marcoux, a former Marquette University theology student, revealed in May 2002 that he was paid $450,000 to settle a sexual assault claim he made against the archbishop more than two decades earlier. The money came from the archdiocese.

Weakland denied ever assaulting anyone. He apologized for concealing the payment. The Vatican says that men with “deep-seated” attraction to other men should not be ordained.

“What I felt was that people who loved me as bishop here, when they read the book will continue to love me. The people who found it difficult, I hope will be helped a little bit by the book,” he said.