“I can point out any number of people in position of authority who question the intentions, the scope, and the methods of killing in the Gulag. I don’t see that creating a public outcry. So, I conclude, that this episode is heated up by the media because it has the potential to hurt the Catholic Church, and to slow the momentum toward greater traditionalism in the Church, and I happen to be Catholic who welcomes these changes.”
You know doggone well why this ended up in the media at this time and to such a great extent. Williamson opened his big SSPX’er mouth (he is a member you know) just as the Pope was lifting the excommunications of SSPX Bishops, of which he is one. Don’t blame the media here; blame Williamson’s incredibly nasty timing that he knew on his part would damage the Catholic Church immensely.
Williamson is the one that hurt the Catholic Church and the reconciliation effort with the SSPX’ers; he sabotaged the effort intentionally because he did not want that reconciliation to occur. He wants the SSPX to remain apart from the mainstream Catholic Church, even though many SSPX’ers want reconciliation. He is a nasty, vicious anti-semite who acted specifically to hurt the Catholic Church, the Pope by making him look like an anti-semite too, and the reconciliation efforts. Put blame where it truly belongs, and that isn’t on the media, it is on Williamson, and you continue to defend him.
Regarding his intention to hurt the Church, he had this to say (from the Spiegel interview):
In the Old Testament, the Prophet Jonah tells the sailors when their ship is in distress: " Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you." The Society has a religious mission that is suffering because of me. I will now examine the historic evidence. If I do not find it convincing, I will do everything in my power to avoid inflicting any further harm on the Church and the Society.
Doesn't sound like someone who wishes to hurt the Church or is an irrational hater.