A man and a woman have been charged by police in Italy after they were found having sex in a confessional.A young man and woman were taken into custody by police in Cesena following a telephone complaint from a man attending morning Mass in the city's cathedral.
The two individuals in question -- a 31-year-old laborer and a 32-year-old teacher -- defended their conduct saying: "We are atheists and for us, having sex in church is like doing it any other place."
However, Bishop Antonio Lanfranchi of Cesena-Sarsina took a different view saying that the couple's behavior was blasphemous and offensive, showing "a complete lack of respect" for the sacred and for their Catholic neighbors.
He added that a special Mass, or Mass of Reparation, to restore the cathedral's purity would follow.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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