"Rehabilitated bishop is silenced by sect
VATICAN CITY - An ultraconservative society recently rehabilitated by Pope Benedict XVI silenced one of its bishops yesterday and distanced itself from his claim that no Jews were gassed during World War II.
Bishop Bernard Fellay, superior general of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, also asked for forgiveness from the pope for the "dramatic consequences" of Bishop Richard Williamson's comments. The Vatican press office issued Fellay's statement as part of its own efforts to quell an outcry among Jews that Benedict had removed Williamson's 20-year-old excommunication, despite his views on the Holocaust.
Fellay said he has forbidden Williamson from speaking publicly about any historical or political questions and that his views "don't reflect in any way the position of the society." Fellay himself referred to the "genocide of Jews" by Nazis....
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You know, it WASN'T JUST THEM, dammit!!!!!!
And how is that for WESTERN FREE SPEECH ideals, huh?
