Bishop Richard Williamson said: I am going by what I am judged to be, the historical evidence, according to people who have observed and examined that evidence. I believe what they conclude, if they change their conclusion, I’ll be likely to follow their conclusion because I think they are judged by the evidence. First of all, a Bishop of the Catholic Church, which Williamson claims to be, should not be spending time investigating a historical event that happened over a half a century ago, instead of studying the doctrines of the Divine and Catholic Faith and applying them to the important questions of today, such as Modernism and the true position of the Papacy today. No wonder, he has reached a false conclusion about Joseph Ratzinger’s possession of the papacy.
This statement has another significance. Williamson has reached an opinion on the holocaust based upon a few people who have examined the evidence. He then states: if they change their conclusion, I’ll be likely to follow their conclusion. What this indicates is that Williamson has not reached a moral certainty on the matter. Since he has not reached certainty he should say absolutely nothing on the holocaust. He is admitting that his conclusion is based upon flimsy evidence and that he has not done sufficient research to reach certainty. And so, he is making statements without sufficient foundation, according to his own admission.
Williamson should say absolutely nothing publicly on the holocaust and precious little in even private conversation for two reasons. First the question is not as important as those of the Divine and Catholic Faith on which points he holds heretical positions in word and in practice. Secondly, he has not done sufficient research to say anything on the question of the holocaust of the Jews, as his own words prove.
Now, if a man will make such bold statements without foundation on a matter which many in the world consider important enough to make a criminal offense, can we trust him to be zealous in obtaining the truth in other important matters, such as the Divine and Catholic Faith?
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At the 1989 ordinations in Econe there is a picture of Lefebvre, Williamson and Fellay all wearing mozettas, which will never happen when there is more than one bishop at a place. 