Berlin, Germany, Feb 11, 2009 / 23:20 pm
Bishop Richard Williamson of the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) has given an interview to the German magazine Der Spiegel, saying that he will “review the historical evidence” on the Holocaust and voicing his reservations about the Second Vatican Council.
Bishop Richard Williamson is one of the four bishops leading the breakaway “traditionalist” SSPX whose excommunications were lifted in January. The lifting of the excommunications caused international complaints and protest after footage of an interview with Swedish public television showed Bishop Williamson denying that six million Jews were killed in the Nazi genocide.
He also denied the existence of Nazi gas chambers and claimed only two to three hundred thousand Jews were murdered.
Der Spiegel asked Bishop Williamson how he would react to Vatican demands that he retract his view of the Holocaust.