Catholic school forced to cover statue of kneeling boy that clearly no one thought through

[DonViejo]

By Jeff Taylor · Wednesday, November 22, 2017

A Catholic all-boys school was forced to cover up a statue of a saint and a kneeling boy that clearly no one gave a critical eye to before…(ahem)…erecting.

Blackfriars Priory School in Adelaide unveiled the statue of St Dominic handing a kneeling boy a loaf of bread, and even without the context of the Catholic Church‘s child abuse scandal, it looks bad. Like Kevin Spacey after a few too many drinks bad.

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One of the saint’s miracles is said to be an “ample” supply of bread. Ample indeed.

When students began to take “inappropriate” photos with the statue, school officials covered it up.



The school’s principal, Simon Cobiac, published a statement to the school’s Facebook page, saying it looked different in the 2D plans compared to the real McCoy. Or should we say the real full Monty?

Let’s face it, we’ve all been there.

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[dalton99a]

1. Throw it in the trash

[bagelsforbreakfast]

2. laugh of the day so far! n/m

[Thor_MN]

3. That ain't unleavened bread, looks like he got quite a rise out of it.

[Achilleaze]

4. I'd bet a crate of Dippin Dots that...

the sculptor is a sympathizer from afar for Comrade Casino, the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief.

[LisaL]

5. How could somebody have approved that design?

[Irish_Dem]

9. I know, what were they thinking?

Should have had a group of 12 year olds preview the design.

[LisaL]

12. I don't get it.

This so obvious so how could somebody not notice something ain't right?

[Irish_Dem]

14. I had uncles who were priests, aunts who were nuns. They were bright and with it,

but some of their peers were totally clueless about life.
One of these types must have been the statue review committee.

[MineralMan]

6. Uff da! The sculptor knew.

Best photo of the day, by far.

[Pope George Ringo II]

7. It's not even the worst statue in the Channel 7's twitter feed.

Some of the responses there are something else. The light switch was one thing, but that statue with all the kids bent over is just...

[ucrdem]

8. LOL.

That particular tableau has engendered snickers for decades but come on. I hope they get their money back.

[Girard442]

10. Who knew that a sculptor could have a Freudian slip?

[Fred Sanders]

11. Cloaking the statue with a tightly wrapped black cloth is ironic.

[NightWatcher]

13. Now it looks like he's blowing him under his robe.

But yes, I get the irony as well.

[treestar]

15. It is obvious he is handing him

the piece of bread.

Can't anything be interpreted a different way?

Our society has become crazed.

[Igel]

16. Appropriate to cite a Catholic source document here.

"To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled."

Written, of course, with a firm understanding of what "righteousness" was as the minimal context, and what was clearly understood to be in the "impure" category by Judicial fiat.