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Posted by Graham, London on June 18, 2008:

Lets wait and see what the court does with them, I can see both sides, including the bizzare concept of thinking up a purification ritual. However, think if you found them banging away on your mother's grave or your kitchen table on the grounds that they were available flat surfaces, "no different from any other". I think anyone would be aggrieved.

Posted by Morgan, Cortez, CO on June 18, 2008:

I think that if these two were really atheists and really believed that it was "just another building", they would have found somewhere else for their game. These morons shouldn't get a free pass just because the RCC tends to accumulate grudges.

I admit that Rome is a little overrun with churches, but there are still plenty of spectacular places for games like these that wouldn't really offend anyone. Instead, they chose to risk offending people.

Some things are just guaranteed to anger someone else, and the consequences are predictable. Wave a realistic toy gun at a cop, and it is easy to guess how things are going to turn out. Have sex in a church, and the congregation is going to be peeved. If you insist on carrying through with this sort of nonsense, don't complain about the consequences.

By the way, for those of you on the "just another building" side, I'm curious. If you substitute girl's restroom and elementary school for confessional and Catholic Church, does that change the equation enough to change your mind? After all, it is just what we choose to invest in the building, right?

P.S. When the church sells a property, they have a rite to desanctify the structure, so there is no further possibility of defilement.

P.P.S. With semi public buildings, like a retailer, I believe that trespass can be cited if the perpetrator is using the premises in a way obviously not intended by the owners/operators, like playing paintball inside a Wal-Mart store. Seems appropriate here.

Posted by Kathy, Florida on June 20, 2008:

As a practicing Catholic, I am not happy with the people in this story. Atheist or not, they should have had respect for the other people who were there at the time. I know people have sex in weird places, such as on picnic tables, etc (NOT when there are other people around) and that's their prerogative. However, have a little common decency and respect for your fellow man.

Posted by Carol - Ann Arbor, MI on June 24, 2008:

As for the morons who felt the need to desecrate a church, they need to be bitch-slapped. I don't care what your beliefs are, show a little respect. If that took place in a Mosque, they would both be dead, and nobody would defend them. As for that tag-line, I have only one thing to say... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! (and I'm Catholic!)

Posted by Anthony, Toms River on July 16, 2008:

I believe the Catholic Church would make an exception, in this case ONLY. These two morons would have permission to use any and all birth control measures possible. THEY SHOULD NOT PROCREATE AT ANY COST !

Posted by Steve in Hartford, Kentucky on August 4, 2008:

I knew a couple who did that in church sanctuary back in the early 1970's just for "kicks". They both met horrible fates soon afterwards. Believe what you will for this is true.