MS diagnosis leads local priest down an unexpected path

In November of 1990, the Rev. Joe Weigman was a newly ordained transitional deacon in the Diocese of Toledo, on the path to become a priest. He was 29, in his final year of seminary at St. Meinrad in southern Indiana — about 10 miles from Santa Claus, Ind., and an hour away from Louisville. He was having some challenges with his legs and his balance, and was referred to a neurologist.