Furious parishioners have spoken of their horror after discovering a raunchy music video was filmed in their
The video for London DJ Wilkinson's song Half Light
depicts a young couple – played by Irish actors Joanna Nixon and Diarmuid Noyes
– simulating a sex scene on the altar of Good Shepherd Catholic Church on south
Belfast Ormeau Road
Most parishioners the Belfast Telegraph spoke to after
Mass yesterday were shell-shocked.
Claire McKnight (19) said it was a "disgrace"
and everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves.
"It's terrible... I don't even know what to say, I'm
so shocked. To do that on the altar is horrific," she added.
A fellow parishioner said: "Well, hopefully the
Church has learnt its lesson and won't allow things like this to happen
again."
Peter Scullion jnr, who was on his way into the chapel
for a family Christening, described the behaviour as "disgusting".
"This is a chapel, a house of God. Music videos
shouldn't be allowed to be filmed in it, especially not filth like that,"
he said.
"Some might argue it is art – but at whose expense?
It shows a complete lack of respect."
However, another man in the Christening party added:
"I'm not particularly religious. It doesn't really shock or bother me.
Worse things have gone on in the Church."
The video shows the pair – portraying a Catholic and a
Protestant – meeting on a night out in a club and enjoying a drink and
drug-fuelled evening together.
The pair take in some of the sights of Belfast
The man then carries the girl over his shoulder into the
chapel where he proceeds to quench his thirst by drinking from the holy water
font before blessing himself.
The pair then jump and slide across the pews before
stripping off and having 'sex' on the altar. Local director Aoife McArdle was
given permission to film in the church, but local priests Father Patrick
McKenna and Father Robert Fullerton were horrified when they viewed the video's
content and successfully got the illicit scenes removed.
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