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Lawsuit targets religious play

Actors and the producer of a gay-themed passion play were on Friday charged with blasphemy following a lawsuit filed by Bishop Seraphim of Piraeus.

Terrence McNally?s ?Corpus Christi,? staged in Athens by Albania-born director Laertis Vasiliou, was recently pulled down following regular protests, sometimes violent, by religious zealots and members of the neofascist Golden Dawn party ?- including several MPs.

In comments made to the press, Vasiliou, who could spend several months in jail if found guilty, rebuffed the charges of ?insulting religion? and ?malicious blasphemy.?

?What I see is that there are people who have robbed the country blind, who are not in jail, and the prosecutor turns against art,? he said.

A trial date has yet to be set.

Source: http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_16/11/2012_470450

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