RTÉ has issued an apology following the broadcast of a comedy sketch on RTÉ One’s New Year’s Eve countdown programme. The sketch in question was a Waterford Whispers fake ‘news report’ presented by former RTÉ star Aengus MacGriana in which God was described as being ‘the latest figure to be implicated in ongoing sexual harassment scandals’.
The satire piece was accompanied by images of an elderly man in white robes and with a flowing white beard being arrested by a Garda.
The report added that God had been sentenced to two years in prison, with the final 24 months suspended. 1. I am shocked that producer/editor of 'NYE Countdown Show' @RTE @RTEOne didn’t realise how deeply offensive was a mocking 'news report' accusing God of rape &
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