Catholics Freak Out Over Priest-Nun Sex Ad

This shocking ad features a nun and a priest almost-- almost!-- kind of/sort of making out because the priest's ice cream is so sexually arousing, it causes everyone around him to forget their lifelong commitment to pretending to be sans genitals.

Of course, a whopping ten people complained about the ad and all hell broke loose...

Antonio Federici said the promotional material, which appeared in two magazines, was intended to portray the "forbidden Italian temptations" that its Gelato Italiano ice cream represented.

It said the advert was intended as a "light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek portrayal".

But 10 people complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) saying that the suggestion of a kiss between a priest and a nun was offensive. They said it was demeaning to people who followed a "religious vocation".

The ASA announced on Wednesday that the complaints had been upheld and banned the advert from future use.

"The ad played on the theme of giving into temptation but stopped short of showing the nun and priest kissing," the ASA said. [The Telegraph]

Good God! A straight sex scandal in the Catholic Church-- and they wanted it covered up? We'll never understand this PR machine they have over there...