By Jonathan Ekene Ifeanyi
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Archbishop Lefebvre was unjustly excommunicated by the
heretic John Paul II, for his consecration of four bishops, including
Williamson, on June 30, 1988 without the permission of Rome. This
"excommunication" was however remitted by Benedict XVI in early 2009.
(Here: http://www.vatican.va/.../rc_con_cbishops_doc_20090121...).
But the “excommunication” of Archbishop Lefebvre by John Paul II was, in the first place, not valid according to strict canonical law, nor is the connected accusation of schism valid in the formal sense. (Here: http://www.sspxasia.com/.../The_1988_Consecrations.htm).
(Here: http://www.vatican.va/.../rc_con_cbishops_doc_20090121...).
But the “excommunication” of Archbishop Lefebvre by John Paul II was, in the first place, not valid according to strict canonical law, nor is the connected accusation of schism valid in the formal sense. (Here: http://www.sspxasia.com/.../The_1988_Consecrations.htm).
Immediately afterwards, Swedish television broadcast an
interview recorded earlier at the SSPX's Seminary in Zaitzkofen, Germany, on
January 21, 2009—the same day that the “excommunication” was remitted. During
the interview, Williamson had expressed a belief that Nazi Germany did not use gas chambers during the Holocaust and that a total of between 200,000 and
300,000 Jews were killed. Based upon these statements, the Bishop was
immediately charged with and “convicted” of "Holocaust
denial" by a German
court. The Vatican quickly denied him! In
2010 Williamson was also “convicted” of “incitement” in a German court in
relation to those views; the conviction was later vacated on appeal but then reinstated on retrial in
early 2013. He appealed again, but
his appeal was rejected.
Like Lefebvre himself, Williamson has been involved in a lot
of “controversies”—including calling for the deposition of Bernard
Fellay as the Superior
General of the Society of St. Pius X, which led to his “suspension.” In common with his colleagues in the Society of St.
Pius X, Williamson opposes the changes in the Catholic Church brought about by
the evil Second Vatican Council. He sees such changes as being unacceptably liberal and modernistic, and as being destructive to the Church. Among the
changes he opposes are the Church's increased “openness” to
other false “Christian” denominations and other false religions, and changes in the forms of Catholic
worship such as the general replacement of the Tridentine Mass with
the Mass of Paul VI. Williamson has
criticised John Paul II, to whom he
attributed a "weak grasp of Catholicism”.
Bishop Williamson calls the Jews the "enemies of
Christ" and urges their conversion to Catholicism. He says that the Jews
and the Freemasons have contributed to the "changes
and corruption" in the Catholic Church. He has also stated that the Jews
aim at world dominion and
believes “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” to be authentic. Williamson is not promoting hatred of
the Jews. As he puts it: "I was attacking the enemies of Our Lord Jesus
Christ, and that includes Jews as well as Communists and Freemasons." He
argues that "Anti-Semitism means many things today, for instance, when one
criticizes the Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip.
The Church has always understood the definition of anti-Semitism to be the
rejection of Jews because of their Jewish roots. This is condemned by the
Church."
Since the late 1980s, Williamson has been accused of anti-Semitism and Holocaust
denial. Citing the Leuchter
report, Williamson has stated that millions of Jews were certainly
not murdered in Nazi concentration camps. During the said interview on Swedish
television, he stated: "I believe that the historical evidence is strongly
against, is hugely against six million Jews having been deliberately gassed in
gas chambers as a deliberate policy of Adolf Hitler", and "I think
that 200,000 to 300,000 Jews perished in Nazi concentration camps, but none of
them in gas chambers”. (Here:
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