Gibson is a [[sedevacantist]], a traditionalist Catholic who rejects the validity and authority of the [[Second Vatican Council]] and holds the chair of [[Peter (apostle)|Peter]] to be vacant. In an interview in [[Time magazine]], January 27, 2003, he blamed Vatican II for declining Church membership and the pedophile priest crisis which erupted in 2002. | Gibson is a [[sedevacantist]], a traditionalist Catholic who rejects the validity and authority of the [[Second Vatican Council]] and holds the chair of [[Peter (apostle)|Peter]] to be vacant. In an interview in [[Time magazine]], January 27, 2003, he blamed Vatican II for declining Church membership and the pedophile priest crisis which erupted in 2002. |