Hutton Gibson, Extremist and Father of Mel Gibson, Dies at 101

NYT ^ | 6/4/2020 | Steven Kurutz

[Borges]

Hutton Gibson, a Roman Catholic traditionalist and outspoken critic of the modern church who gained wide notoriety as the father of the actor Mel Gibson and for his anti-Semitic views, died on May 11 in Thousand Oaks, Calif. He was 101.

His death, at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, was not publicized at the time. It was confirmed by a search of a California records database. Requests for information from several family members, including his son Mel, were not answered.

Hutton Gibson belonged to a splinter group of Catholics who reject the reforms of the Second Vatican Council of 1962-1965, known as Vatican II. These traditionalists seek to preserve centuries-old orthodoxy, especially the Tridentine Mass, the Latin Mass established in the 16th century. They operate their own chapels, schools and clerical orders apart from the Vatican and in opposition to it.

[fieldmarshaldj]

I’m not a Catholic and I know it was a total fiasco.

RIP.

[chud]

He had a really good run.

Indeed, living to 101 is quite a feat. I read an article about him once, I think it said that he took fistfuls of vitamins daily.
Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon him.