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February 9, 2009 | 1:30 pm

Bishop who denied Holocaust booted from seminary leadership

Posted by Brad A. Greenberg

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Bishop Richard Williamson has been welcomed back into the Catholic Church, amid much controversy and the pope’s demand that he recant statements denying Holocaust, but he’s now persona non grata at the Argentine seminary of the traditionalist Society of Saint Pius X that he had run during his excommunication.

The NYT reports:

The seminary announced the dismissal on Sunday in a statement that said the bishop, Richard Williamson was no longer the director of the La Reja seminary on the outskirts of the Argentina capital.

He has said the “historical evidence” argues against Nazi gas chambers and said that only 200,000 to 300,000 people died in concentration camps in the Holocaust.

Bishop Williamson’s views “in no way reflect the position of our congregation,” the Rev. Christian Bouchacourt, the director of the Latin America branch of the Catholic Society of St. Pius X, said in the statement. He expressed “sadness” that Bishop Williamson’s statements had “discredited” the congregation.

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The Holocaust denial part might be totally his own, but the antisemitism in general is part of the Society of Saint Pius X, which has been known for repeated statements of “the Jews killed Jesus” variety.

Comment by Guy Handelman on 2/09/09 at 4:03 pm

It Still astounds me that so called “intelligent” people deny the scope of atrocities perpetrated by the nazis during their reign of terror. To what do they attribute the massive quantities of personal effects and photographs of the victims gathered by those responsible, or the building and facilities used and documented for these purposes?. Or how do they respond to the testimony of those who lived through it?  The nazis were so deliberate and proud of their documentation of these events that it is truly remarkable that anyone can dismiss this as untrue and inaccurate evidence of the atrocities.  And in denying that humans are capable of such events makes it that much easier for the following generations to allow it to happen again, even if it is on a much smaller scale. Shame on the bishop and shame on all of us for allowing these people to continue to denythe occurance of these horrific pages in human history.

Comment by d on 2/12/09 at 12:01 pm

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