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Behemoth’s Nergal acquitted of “offending religious feelings” with penis crucifix: “Justice prevailed”
Behemoth frontman Nergal has said justice has “prevailed” after he was acquitted of “offending religious feelings” in his native Poland.In 2018, the singer – real name Adam Darski – posted a video for International Women’s Day in which he waved around a penis-shaped sex toy with a representation of the crucifix on it, while singing a children’s song.The post resulted in Darski being charged for violating Poland’s anti-blasphemy laws, which state: “Whoever offends religious feelings of other people by publicly insulting an object of religious cult or a place for public holding of religious ceremonies, is subject to a fine, restriction of liberty or loss of liberty for up to 2 years.”Last month, Darski was acquitted on two charges, with a third being conditionally dropped. On Saturday (March 8), he took to Instagram to post his response to the news, asserting that he believes the case should never have made it to court.A post shared by Adam Nergal Darski (@nergal69)“In 2018, on this very day, I posted a silly video on Instagram, singing an old children’s song for Women’s Day while waving a certain artifact,” he wrote.