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BEHEMOTH's Nergal Is Heading Back To Court For Blasphemy

Behemoth Nergal in court

According to Blabbermouth, Behemoth member Nergal will be tried again for his previously reported charges of blasphemy, involving calling the Roman Catholic Church “the most murderous cult on the planet” and stripping pages from a Bible onstage.  A higher court in Gdańsk, Poland, has rejected the ruling of surprisingly even-handed Judge Krzysztof Wieckowski, who called the frontman’s antics “a form of art.”  His maximum sentence will be twp years in prison (now a third of the time it has been since the incident itself, which took place in 2007).

So, for those just now happening upon this story, the simple chronological version of the saga is as follows:

  1. Incident occurs onstage in 2007.
  2. Nergal is formally charged on 3/8/10.  (Or I guess 8/3/10 probably if you’re Polish, but let’s not let that mess up the chronology.)
  3. He’s cleared of the charges a year later.
  4. The ruling is countermanded in late 2012 and shipped back down to a lower court.
  5. The European Commission defends Nergal publicly, calling the ruling against him “blasphemy.”  Boom.
  6. And now the court has declared that he in fact committed a crime.

All this after his surviving Leukemia, mind.  We now await the official declaration of his sentence.  In the meantime, enjoy the gleeful abomination that is this band.

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  • http://twitter.com/DiscordantFlesh Silent Agony

    calling the Roman Catholic Church “the most murderous cult on the planet” I agree strongly with this statement.

  • D

    Marylin Manson does this and nothing happens! SO WTF!

    • http://twitter.com/DiscordantFlesh Silent Agony

      different laws in different nations I guess… like how pussy riot got jailed for criticizing the catholic church and the president.

      • Mothmonsterman

        I thought they criticised the Russian Orthodox Church.

        • http://twitter.com/DiscordantFlesh Silent Agony

          you're probably right… all flocks of christians look like the same sheep to me.

  • http://www.facebook.com/quarterUltra Kirsten Tautfest

    So glad we enjoy protections against double jeopardy here and the protections of the First Amendment.

  • Kasbutcher

    looks like he is wearing a watain-shirt here. Like!

  • Catholics playing Muslim

    Is Poland formally Catholic? Like, is it Illegal to be other Religions In Poland? Because If not wouldn't this be a case of Religious Persecution? or Discrimination? Don't they have freedom of Expression? How much you wanna bet the Catholic church knows that this will Crush their hold that they have on a few retarded anti-anti laws…. If I were him would Open a counter suit with the European Commission at the highest court about how the church can convict a man for ripping a bible but the man cannot convict a church for ripping anything they like. and remind them how the catholic church SIDED WITH HITLER!!!!! LOL surely there is something that can be done.

  • http://twitter.com/crinn1 Crinn

    Watain shirt in court = Win

  • http://www.facebook.com/mitch.lieber Mitch Lieber

    If this had gone down in this country he would of upset a lot of people, the Roman Catholic church included, but he wouldn't be in the legal situation he's in currently. The differences in legal systems are apparently larger than anyone could assume. Who knew ripping pages out of the bible and calling a religion corrupt could be considered a crime? This might be wishful thinking but I hope for Nergal's sake that he gets the absolute minimum sentence.

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