Kingston, Jamaica, Apr 28, 2011 / 12:33 pm
Archbishop Donald J. Reece of Kingston criticized Jamaica’s leading newspaper for publishing a front-page photo of a 10-foot sculpture depicting Christ's naked body and exposed genitalia.
He said the photos and accompanying article was in “poor taste for the commemoration of the holiest day for Christians, Easter.”
“For the life of me I cannot begin to fathom the Observer's rationale for a full three-page exposition of Christ's naked body with reference to the sacrosanct belief of the Eucharist,” the Jamaican archbishop wrote in an April 25 letter to the editor of the Jamaican Observer.
Laura Facey, the sculptor, told the Observer she was pleased with the controversy. “If you don't create a stir, then what's the point of doing the work?” she said.