Timothy W. Hogan, Grand Master of the order, made these claims on the Danny Jones Podcast, alleging the Templars smuggled the relics from Jerusalem to protect them from the Vatican.
Hogan said the remains were originally found in the Talpiot Tomb in East Jerusalem, discovered in 1980. Archaeologists uncovered ossuaries, including one inscribed “Yeshua bar Yehosef” (“Jesus, son of Joseph”). Hogan claims the Templars moved the bones to prevent the Vatican from suppressing them.
“When
the tomb was originally discovered, with ossuaries labeled with the
names Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and John the Baptist, it was understood
that if the remains were turned over to the Vatican, they would vanish,”
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