Austria: Furor Over Jesus Orgy Drawing
Austrians are locked in a nationwide debate touched off by the brief display in a prestigious Roman Catholic museum of an etching that depicts Jesus Christ and his disciples having an orgy during the biblical Last Supper.
A chastened and chagrined Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, the top churchman in this largely conservative and overwhelmingly Catholic country, has ordered the offending artwork removed.
But the controversy rages on, with the Austrian media comparing it to the furor triggered by the Prophet Muhammad cartoons . . .
“That such an exhibit is on display in a diocesan museum is unbelievable,” said visitor Richard Lyon, of Glasgow, Scotland . . .