Hutton Gibson | |
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| Born | August 26, 1918 Peekskill, New York, U.S. |
| Died | May 11, 2020 (aged 101) |
| Occupation | Writer |
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| Children | 11, including Mel and Donal |
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| Relatives | Milo Gibson (grandson) |
Hutton Peter Gibson (August 26, 1918 – May 11, 2020) was an American writer on sedevacantism, a World War II veteran, the 1968 Jeopardy! grand champion and the father of 11 children, one of whom is the actor and director Mel Gibson.[1]
Gibson was a critic both of the post-Vatican II Catholic Church and of those Traditionalist Catholics who reject sedevacantism, such as the Society of Saint Pius X. He claimed that the Second Vatican Council was "a Masonic plot backed by the Jews".[2][3]
In a 2003 interview, he engaged in Holocaust denial, wondering how the Nazis could have disposed of six million bodies during the Holocaust, and claimed that the September 11 attacks were perpetrated by remote control.[4]
Mr. Nierob said The New York Times was a 'low priority' because The Times Magazine had run an 'inaccurate' article in March in which Hutton Gibson, Mel Gibson's father and a prominent traditionalist Catholic author, was quoted as saying that the Vatican Council was 'a Masonic plot backed by the Jews' and the Holocaust was a charade. But in fact, neither Hutton nor Mel Gibson – nor anyone else – has contacted the magazine to challenge the accuracy of a single sentence in the article in the four months since its publication.