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I'm pretty sure he's an admitted member of the Catholic sect that rejected Vatican II. I'm not mistaking him for his father, either. His father simply has no couth, Mel is alot more subtle about it.
Like the "alot of people died in the war, and I'm sure some of them were Jews" comment Mel made when asked about the Holocaust. It isn't an outright denial, but it's a diplomatic skirting of the issue. Being a part of a sect that rejects the notion of the Holocaust and blames the Jews for the death of Christ is anti-Semetic by very definition. Whether he comes out and says it or not, being part of a group confirms that he accepts those beliefs. That's what being part of a church or sect is.
This, allied with the leaving in of this contentious line (and it is extremely contentious), the portrayal of the Jewish people as a bloodthirsty crowd who wanted to murder Christ, rather than as a group manipulated in to solving a problem for a small group of powerful men is at the very least negligent film making. He says it is historically, factually accurate. You never know how many people will buy that because it is Mel Gibson saying it.
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