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Source: Reuters
A Wellington sex shop advertisement featuring a group of churchgoers has upset the Catholic Church.
On a billboard for D.Vice designer sex gear, four parishioners are pictured in a church. Three have their eyes closed, hands clasped, praying but the fourth, a woman, is smiling and below her is a tagline describing a sexual aid and its price.
Wellington Catholic Archbishop John Dew said it was "unnecessary and distasteful" to associate a church with a sex shop device.
"It is an insult to anyone who recognises a church as a sacred gathering place for believers in God and a place of prayer," he told The Dominion Post.
D.Vice director Wendy Lee said the campaign and billboard was meant to make people laugh and was not intended to offend.
The Advertising Standards Authority said there had been no complaints about the billboard.
