Jews Deliberately Twisting Historical Facts?

The reason for the excommunications latae sententiae (automatic excommunication) of the four Bishops of the Society of St. Pius X in 1988 was a penalty laid down in the revised Code of Canon Law, Canon 1382, for directly participating in an episcopal consecration in the absence of a papal mandate.

However, as we know, the SSPX, several churchmen and canon lawyers affirm “that the consecration was not a schismatic act, on the basis that Lefebvre was merely consecrating auxiliary bishops rather than attempting to establish a parallel church.” We can therefore agree that the reasons for the excommunications of 1988 (whether illicit or not) were related to Canon 1382 and no other reason. This is a well known historical fact. However, according to the Jewish news agency Israel Today, Bishop Williamson “was excommunicated in 1988 for denying the Holocaust”.

After reading an article on the website Israel Today entitled What Do Jews in Israel Think of Christians? (24/03/2009), the authors state that “Bishop Williamson was excommunicated in 1988 for denying the Holocaust”. I immediately sent an email to the editor stating that the authors of the article had made an error concerning the excommunication of Bishop Williamson. Below is the email which I sent to the editor on (24/03/2009).

Dear Sir/Madam,

It has come to my attention that the authors of the article entitled: What Do Jews in Israel Think of Christians? have made a grave error concerning the excommunication of Bishop Richard Williamson.

The article states "Bishop Williamson was excommunicated in 1988 for denying the Holocaust". This statement is untrue! Bishop Williamson was excommunicated in 1988 but not for denying the Holocaust, it was because of his unauthorised consecration as a bishop by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.

This information is widely available on the internet and I am surprised that the editors of such a ‘prominent’ newspaper could make such a mistake. Perhaps it just goes to show that journalists/writers also make the same mistakes as the Pope when it comes to consulting the internet for information.

I trust the error will be rectified immediately?

Yours sincerely,

Fabian S

Today’s date is the 26th, I still haven’t received a reply from the editor and the errors within the article still haven’t been rectified. The reasons for this could be one of two. For example, the editor may not yet have read my email or is taking his time in replying and altering the article. Secondly, the authors of this article could have deliberately twisted the facts relating to the 1988 excommunications in order to dramatically defend the ‘Holocaust’ and condemn the actions of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.

To read the short, yet rather misleading article, please follow: http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=128&view=item&idx=1918