A Pennsylvania teen may face up to two years behind bars for allegedly taking a photo of himself simulating oral sex with a statue of Jesus, Kron 4 reports.
The photo was taken in front of Love in the Name of Christ, a Christian organization in Everett, Pennsylvania, and posted on Facebook back in July.
On Tuesday, the 14-year-old — whose name has not been released by police — was charged with desecration of a venerated object, the Smoking Gun reported. If convicted, he could wind up spending two years in a juvenile jail, according to Kron 4.
“Desecration” is defined in Pennsyvlania as ““Defacing, damaging, polluting or otherwise, physically mistreating in a way that the actor knows will outrage the sensibilities of persons likely to observe or discover the action.”
A mess. I understand some people will find it very disrespectful, but the fact that you could get time for that shows how ****ed up it is that numerous murdering cops are running free around our country.
I really don't think that jail time is necessary What ever happened to the separation of Church and State? If he had done this with any non-Biblical statue nobody would have cared.
That's disgusting. I'd give him five so he'd have time to think about the gravity of his actions. The Lord will give him an eternity in Hell so I guess all's well that ends well.
It's a good thing that he will hopefully get time for this, sure him getting time will not solve the other problems in this world but it's solving this one.
A mess. I understand some people will find it very disrespectful, but the fact that you could get time for that shows how ****ed up people are while murderer cops are running free.
This. The most I would give this kid is detention.