SSPX threatens to expel Bishop Williamson

Bishop Bernard Fellay, superior general of the Society of St. Pius X, has publicly ordered Bishop Richard Williamson to reconsider his decision to retain an attorney associated with the neo-Nazi movement. 

Bishop Williamson is appealing his 2009 German conviction for Holocaust denial.

Bishop Fellay warned Bishop Williamson that he faced “exclusion” from the society if he disobeyed.

In January 2009, Pope Benedict lifted the excommunications incurred by Bishop Fellay, Bishop Williamson, and two other bishops of the Society of St. Pius X for receiving episcopal ordination without Vatican approval. 

Vatican officials are engaged in doctrinal talks with the Society in the hopes of restoring it to full communion with the Holy See.

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