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SSPX bishop ordered to pay $18,000 fine for Holocaust denial Facebook Twitter October 28, 2009

A German court has fined Bishop Richard Williamson of the Society of St. Pius X €12,000 (nearly $18,000) for saying in an interview that historical evidence “is hugely against six million Jews having been deliberately gassed” during the Holocaust. In February, the Vatican called upon Bishop Williamson to “absolutely, unambiguously, and publicly distance himself from his position on the Holocaust.” The bishop could appeal the court's ruling.

In related news, Rabbi David Rosen of the American Jewish Committee said that he would be "very surprised" if the Vatican regularized the status of the Society of St. Pius X, despite current talks with the traditionalist group. He claimed that Bishop Williamson's statements on the Holocaust had drawn extra scrutiny for the SSPX. That claim was at odds with a statement released by the Vatican after the start of the talks with the SSPX; the Vatican statement indicated that the main topics to be addressed are doctrinal differences.

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