May 22, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Richard_williamson":
Society: 23 Feb 12
A German court on Wednesday quashed a British bishop's high-profile conviction for Holocaust denial for procedural reasons but said he may face a new trial on the same allegations.
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National: 11 Jul 11
A German appeals court on Monday upheld renegade British bishop Richard Williamson's conviction for Holocaust denial, but reduced the fine ordered by a lower court to €6,500.
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National: 2 Jul 11
The controversial ultra-conservative Catholic group, the Pius Brotherhood, has ordained four new priests just two days before Bishop Richard Williamson’s appeal against his conviction for Holocaust denial.
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Society: 26 Nov 10
A British bishop appealing a German conviction for Holocaust denial has agreed to drop his lawyer with reported links to far-right groups, the breakaway Catholic fraternity he belongs to said Friday.
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Society: 23 Nov 10
A British bishop appealing his conviction in Germany for Holocaust denial will be represented by a lawyer with reported links to banned neo-Nazi groups, the court said this week.
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National: 16 Apr 10
Renegade British Catholic bishop Richard Williamson was fined €10,000 by a German court Friday for Holocaust denial in a case that has deeply embarrassed the Vatican.
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Society: 15 Apr 10
English Catholic Bishop Richard Williamson wanted to appear in court to fight Holocaust denial charges in Bavaria this week, but was ordered to stay away by his ultra-conservative Saint Pius X Society, his lawyer told The Local Thursday.
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Society: 14 Apr 10
British bishop Richard Williamson is declining to face court in person when his trial for Holocaust-denial begins Friday, according to his lawyer, who has said he will represent the absent clergyman.
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National: 8 Jan 10
A priest from the controversial Catholic splinter group the Society of St. Pius X on Friday attacked several German bishops for allegedly betraying Pope Benedict XVI and the Church.
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National: 31 Dec 09
As 2010 kicks off, The Local takes a look back at some of the stories that caught our attention during the past year in Germany.
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National: 10 Nov 09
A British bishop who denied the Holocaust took place has been summoned to appear in a German court for inciting racial hatred, a court spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Society: 26 Oct 09
A Regensburg court has slapped Holocaust-denier Richard Williamson with a fine of up to €12,000, which the English bishop’s lawyer vowed on Monday to fight.
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National: 15 Oct 09
Prosecutors in the Bavarian city of Regensburg have submitted a request to press charges against the controversial Catholic bishop Richard Williamson for inciting hatred by denying the Holocaust.
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National: 27 Jun 09
The rebellious fundamentalist Catholic Pius Brotherhood challenged the Vatican again on Saturday by ordaining three new priests – against the will of Pope Benedict XVI.
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National: 12 May 09
The German Jewish Council has slammed Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem as “disappointing” and lacking “credibility” in light of his failure to address concerns about the Pius Brotherhood.
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National: 9 Apr 09
The Swedish Chancellor of Justice has rejected a request from Germany to require a journalist to testify against Catholic bishop Richard Williamson, who denied the Holocaust in a January broadcast for Swedish station SVT.
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National: 27 Feb 09
Bishop Richard Williamson has apologized for his denial of the Holocaust, Catholic news agency Zenit reported late on Thursday, but Germany’s Central Council of Jews in Germany rejected the statement.
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National: 11 Feb 09
A bishop has been ordered by the head of his ultra-traditionalist Roman Catholic fraternity to retract his denials of the Holocaust, news magazine Der Spiegel reported late on Tuesday.
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Politics: 8 Feb 09
Pope Benedict XVI and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have held a telephone conversation to try to put a row over a Holocaust-denying bishop behind them, a joint statement said Sunday.
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National: 7 Feb 09
A Catholic bishop rehabilitated by the pope who denies the Holocaust has refused to recant his statements until he sees "evidence," he said in an interview published on Saturday.
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Society: 6 Feb 09
Two German catholic groups on Friday appealed to fellow members of the faith to back the pope in the row over a Holocaust denying bishop, condemning what they see as a "manipulative media campaign."
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National: 4 Feb 09
Chancellor Angela Merkel faced both praise and derision in Germany on Wednesday after criticising Pope Benedict XVI for welcoming a Holocaust-denying bishop back into the Catholic Church.
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National: 3 Feb 09
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday joined a growing chorus of criticism in Germany calling for Pope Benedict XVI to clarify the Catholic Church’s position on rehabilitating a bishop who is a known Holocaust denier.
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Analysis & Opinion: 2 Feb 09
Following the rehabilitation of Holocaust denier Richard Williamson, the Catholic Church and Pope Benedict XVI must not sanction the St. Pius X Society's ideology, argues the German Jewish Council’s Stephan Kramer.
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Society: 2 Feb 09
Hamburg’s Catholic Archbishop Werner Thissen on Monday criticised the Vatican’s controversial choice to lift the excommunication of British Bishop Richard Williamson after he publicly denied the Holocaust.
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National: 29 Jan 09
The head of Germany's Jewish community said on Thursday she was pulling out of a dialogue with representatives of the Roman Catholic church over a bishop under investigation for denying the Holocaust.
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National: 23 Jan 09
German prosecutors said on Friday they had launched a probe against a controversial British bishop on suspicion of inciting racial hatred for comments he made about the Holocaust on Swedish television.
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