From the London Telegraph-The sad, sinister and silly figure of Bishop Richard Williamson is back in Britain, having been expelled from Argentina. Traditionalist Catholics - including those in the Society of St Pius X - should turn away from him, as they would from a ranting loony on the top of a bus.
Oh, to be sure, Williamson is a bishop: that has never been in dispute. He is also now no longer technically excommunicated. But he is a suspended bishop, a suspended priest, as are all the clergy of the SSPX. Rome failed to make this clear before lifting his excommunication. (Actually, it failed to make anything clear.)
Williamson's presence in this country should deeply embarrass British members of the SSPX, for it was on their society's behalf that Benedict XVI made his controversial decision. The Pope wishes to see the followers of the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre back in the fold, and he knew that the excommunications were a barrier to reunion.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2009/02/25/bishop_williamson_is_in_britain_traditionalists_should_avoid_him_like_the_plague
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