Recently there has been talk again regarding George Williams. There was supposedly a memo recently regarding Pres. Ikeda’s exposure of the truth surrounding Mr. Williams, but I haven’t seen it. The presumption was that it is now time to clear the air about Mr. Williams in regards to his positioning with Nikken Shonin during the time of the “Priesthood Conflict” circa 1989/90.
I never saw George Williams, heard him speak of had any serious sense of connection to him, but many of the leaders I practiced with when I first began, did.
All I recall was during the grey period when Nichiren Shoshu and the Soka Gakkai were still arguing about that song (remember that song?) George quietly disappeared from the limelight. Most of us, or at least we few who even discussed him, figured there was in fact loyalty issues regarding the circumstances of that incident.
Does anyone know what really happened?
D. Shimoda