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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Deborah Cole in Berlin

German church’s televised ‘slime Jesus’ provokes fury on right

The 'slime' Jesus was played by a performance artist writhing in a manger of hay before the priests and choir
The Christmas Eve live service with a ‘slime Jesus’ provoked comments from 1,400 German viewers. Photograph: ARD1

A Roman Catholic diocese in Germany has expressed regret over a televised Christmas Eve mass featuring a portrayal of the newborn Christ by an adult woman covered in sticky rice paper that was described by some critics as “slime Jesus”.

The broadcast on ARD television from St Mary’s in Stuttgart showed a manger in which a female performance actor was huddled up in a foetal position and covered with sticky rice paper.

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