Gay Jesus play charged with blasphemy in Greece
The Transfiguration Lodovico Carracci 1594 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) After weeks of protests by Greek Orthodox priests and the country's conservative groups, the public prosecutor 's office in Athens filed charges of blasphemy against the actors and the director and producer of an American play that depicted Jesus Christ and his apostles as gay. The team behind "Corpus Christi," a 1997 play by U.S. playwright Terrence McNally , has been charged with "insulting religion" and "malicious blasphemy," based on a lawsuit by Orthodox Bishop Seraphim of Piraeus against those involved in the play, according to Reuters . "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," Albanian-born director Laertis Vasiliou was quoted as saying, referring to tax evaders and others blamed for driving Greece to near-bankruptcy. Police were tasked Friday with identifying product