Naysayer no-show

The Holocaust-denying Bishop Richard Williamson, whose readmission to the Catholic Church by Pope Benedict XVI last January aroused heated controversy (which now seems almost mild, compared to the current scandal over clerical sex abuse) was expected to miss his court date in Germany today, by order of his superiors in the ultraditionalist Society of Saint […]

The Holocaust-denying Bishop Richard Williamson, whose readmission to the Catholic Church by Pope Benedict XVI last January aroused heated controversy (which now seems almost mild, compared to the current scandal over clerical sex abuse) was expected to miss his court date in Germany today, by order of his superiors in the ultraditionalist Society of Saint Pius X.

Williamson is contesting a fine for breaking German law against Holocaust denial.

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