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Williamson apologises for Holocaust view
LONDON – A British bishop who caused an uproar by denying the scale of the Holocaust has apologised in statements carried on a Catholic news agency website yesterday.
Bishop Richard Williamson, caused outrage by saying there were no gas chambers in the Nazi concentration camps and that no more than 300,000 Jews died in the Holocaust. “I can truthfully say that I regret having made such remarks, and that if I had known beforehand the full harm and hurt to which they would give rise, especially to the Church, but also to survivors and relatives of victims of injustice under the Third Reich, I would not have made them,” he said. – (Reuters)
Hungary urged to protect Roma
BRUSSELS – The European Commission urged Hungary and other EU states to guarantee the security of Roma people after the killing of a Roma boy and his father in Hungary this week.
The man and his five-year-old son were shot dead on Monday in the latest in a series of attacks on Roma in Hungary in the past year in which seven people have died.
The EU commissioner for social affairs and equal opportunities, Vladimir Spidla, said he was deeply concerned by the reported attacks in Hungary and other countries. – (Reuters)