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Last update - 16:55 10/11/2009
Holocaust-denying bishop appeals $16,822 fine in Germany
By The Associated Press
Tags: Holocaust deniers 

An ultraconservative British bishop who was fined 12,000 euro $16,822 in Germany for denying the Holocaust has appealed the fine, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Matthias Lossmann said that the bishop, Richard Williamson, objected to the fine, which means there will be a trial.

A spokesman for the Regensburg court that issued the fine, Thomas Koch, said the court is currently examining the appeal, a routine procedure.
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The court last month issued an order of punishment against Williamson for
incitement, in connection with an interview that he gave to Swedish television in which he questioned that Jews were killed in the Holocaust. The interview was conducted in the German city of Regensburg in November 2008.

An order of punishment is a German legal tool that does not involve trial but is equivalent to a conviction if accepted by the defendant.

Williamson has told German media that he tried to prevent the interview from being broadcast in Germany, which could bolster his case if it goes to trial.

The interview was granted shortly before Williamson's excommunication was
lifted by Pope Benedict XVI, along with that of three other bishops from the anti-modernization movement of the late Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre.

The lifting of Williamson's excommunication sparked outrage among Jewish
groups and in Israel. The Vatican's handling of the affair prompted criticism from German Chancellor Angela Merkel
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