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Politics | 02/25/2009 11:10 am

Holocaust-Denying Bishop Scuffles With Reporter While Leaving Argentina (Video)

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
AP

The Holocaust-denying bishop, Richard Williamson, left Argentina, but he sure didn’t go quietly.

The Argentinean government gave Williamson the boot after controversy over Williamson’s remarks that the Nazis didn’t use gas chambers to kill millions of Jews. Pope Benedict XVI took international flack after lifting Williamson’s excommunication for another matter, and the Vatican has since ordered the bishop to retract his comments if he wants to return to the Catholic fold.

But as Williamson readied to get on a flight to London Tuesday, he got into a scuffle with a reporter. Raising his fist at the journalist, Williamson shoved past him, thereby pushing him into a poll. Two men with Williamson restrained the reporter, who kept trying to follow the bishop through the airport.

When he arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport, Williamson was met by armed police guards and hordes of media. But what is the bishop doing in the UK? We don’t know. Sky News reports that Williamson, who has been seen in the past with historian and Holocaust denier David Irving, was met at the airport by Irving’s spokeswoman.

We guess Williamson has to take friends where he can get them these days!

Here’s AP video of the "scuffle":

7 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Marjorie C.

…Williamson, who has been seen in the past with historian and Holocaust denier David Irving,…

Bird of a feather, and all that good stuff.

By Marjorie C. on 02/25/2009 11:30 am
Belinda Joy
Why? Why must a man who purports to be clergy, a man of God and all that is holy….why does he choose to deny something that is so evident? Does he believe the gas chambers were built “after” the fall of the third reich? And if so for what purpose? Surely he has seen the old black and white grainy videos of innocent men, women and children piled one on top of the other in these chambers of hell. Their lifeless nude bodies pulled out and tossed on carts as if they were nothing more than bags of laundry. Tossed in open pits, one on top of another. How can you call yourself a man of God and deny the Devil work? It’s beyond my comprehension.
By Belinda Joy on 02/25/2009 11:43 am
Grande Camper
I agree with you.  I don’t understand it either.
By Grande Camper on 02/25/2009 1:02 pm
EKA -
Maybe Mel Gibson will give him refuge in Malibu … talk about "birds of a feather " !
By EKA - on 02/25/2009 2:36 pm
Helen O'Reilly
I thought this headline said: Holocaust-Denying Bishop Scuffles With Reporter While Leaving Angelina! Now THAT would be a WOW
By Helen O'Reilly on 02/25/2009 3:27 pm
Roger from Ohio

and the Vatican has since ordered the bishop to retract his comments if he wants to return to the Catholic fold.

Why would they want an evil man like this one be a leader in the Catholic church?

People like this should be asked to leave the church, not be invited to lead it. 

By Roger from Ohio on 03/02/2009 10:46 pm