This article taken out of context......No, it was not taken out of context. Mel was asked a difficult question and he answered it forthrightly. It is what he was taught, presumably by his father, and it is what he believes to this day (unless you think he is just hamming it up in the interviews to drum up controversy for the film).
"Gibson was interviewed by the Herald Sun in Australia, and the reporter asked the star if Protestants are denied eternal salvation."
I see one thing that is a stumbling stone...the usage of the term 'Church'. RC's some times use 'Church' to mean RC Church which they claim is the church of Christ (which claim was given authority by Peter - Upon this Rock) while protestants use the term 'Church' to mean the unseen Church of Christ, the universal Church of believers in Christ...One seems to be more of an organization and the other seems to be an unseen entity...