Artist uses stolen Communion hosts to send message

Friday, November 27th, 2015

A Spanish artist has stolen more than 240 consecrated hosts and has used them to spell out the word “pederasty” in Spanish in an artwork.

Artist Abel Azcona stole the hosts by pretending to receive Communion at Mass.

A private citizen removed the hosts from the artwork in an exhibition.

But photos of the artwork are still being displayed in a gallery.

The Christian Lawyers association in Spain has filed a lawsuit against Azcona and has told the Pamplona city council it would face legal action if the photos were not removed from city property by Thursday.

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