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Nov 22, 2010

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Holocaust-denying Bishop threatened with expulsion

Nov 22, 2010 3:52 PM| By

A Catholic bishop who denied the Holocaust has been threatened with expulsion from his traditionalist order for hiring a lawyer linked to the neo-Nazi movement.


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British-born Roman Catholic Bishop Richard Williamson arrives at Heathrow Airport in London in this February 25, 2009 file photo. A Holocaust survivors group urged Pope Benedict on Saturday to ban the arch-traditionalist bishop from the Catholic Church because he hired a lawyer close to neo-Nazi groups to defend him in court in Germany. Williamson, one of four rebel bishops re-admitted to the Church in January 2009, recently hired a far-right lawyer to conduct his appeal against a 12,000 euro fine imposed last year for denying the Holocaust. 
Photograph by: Reuters


The Society of St. Pius X said Monday it ordered Bishop Richard Williamson to fire the lawyer, who will represent him in a Nov. 29 appeal of an incitement conviction in Germany.

The court told the DAPD news agency that Williamson would be represented by Wolfram Nahrath, who has defended neo-Nazis and is a member of a far-right organization.

Williamson was convicted in April for saying in an interview that he didn't believe Jews were gassed during World War II.

Meanwhile the trial of British Bishop Richard Williamson over his denial of the extent of the Holocaust, has been postponed - days before he was due to appear in a German court.

The announcement followed media reports at the weekend that Williamson had appointed a radical right-wing lawyer to represent him in court.

The trial scheduled for November 29 has been temporarily suspended, a court spokesman said. This was because Williamson's new lawyer - whose name he did not confirm - had to familiarize himself with the case.

The trial was not expected to be rescheduled before the new year, the court spokesman added.

Williamson, of the ultra-orthodox Catholic Society of St Pius X (SSPX), denied in a television interview last year that the Nazis had systematically murdered millions of Jews.

The interview, for a Swedish television channel, took place in Germany, where Holocaust denial is a criminal offence.

Spiegel news magazine reported at the weekend that Williamson had appointed Wolfram Nahrath, a member of the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD), to represent him in court.

Nahrath had led the Viking Youth, a neo-Nazi organization modelled on the Hitler Youth, until it was banned in 1994.

SSPX has distanced itself from Williamson's apparent choice of lawyer. In a statement on its website, the organization said it had ordered the bishop to reverse his decision, or face expulsion from the order.

Williamson's remarks shook the Catholic church last year, as Pope Benedict XVI had ended the excommunication of Williamson and three other SSPX leaders weeks earlier.

The pope has since said he would not have taken this step if he had known about Williamson's Holocaust denial, according to a book on the pope based on interviews by a German journalist, to be published in coming days.

In the TV interview, Williamson stated that no more than 300,000 people had died in concentration camps, and that nobody was killed in gas chambers.Authors: Tina Nachtmann, Helen Maguire





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