British Bishop Richard Williamson is at the center of controversy after being brought back into the Catholic Church. The reason for the rift….? Williamson said he did not believe any Jews were gassed during the Holocaust. He insulted the memory of the 6 million Jews murdered in Nazi death camps by stating that only 200,000 were killed.
Jewish groups and Roman Catholic bishops in Pope Benedict XVI native Germany demanded that Williamson apologize for his statements before he could be admitted as a bishop into the Roman Catholic Church. But instead, Williamson said that he needed “proof” that the Holocaust actually happened. What more proof does he need?
The Vatican practically did nothing to ease the PR damage done by the decision of Pope Benedict XVI to bring Williamson back to the church. Williamson has never apologized for his ridiculous views about the extent of Jewish suffering under the Nazis. If Williamson has yet to retract his outrageous statements regarding the treatment of the Jewish people during the days of Adolf Hitler, he should not be a registered member of the Church, much less a Bishop. As the PR Practitioner for the Vatican, I would not only excommunicate Williamson from the church but also issue an apology to the Jewish community.
-Travis Francis
