Insult religion, Toscani acquitted: “Never blasphemed, I’m a free man”

“It is normal that he was acquitted. What I said is absolutely not a blasphemy, it was to clarify what perhaps many faithful do not see, thinking that religion is made up of violence, crucifixion and blood. ” Thus to the Adnkronos Oliviero Toscani on the sentence of the First Criminal Court of Appeal of Milan which acquitted him of the accusation of contempt of the Catholic religion, thus overturning the first-degree sentence for which the Court had instead imposed a fine of 4 thousand euros on him. ” image of the Church has nothing to do with faith, with God and with Jesus – he explains -. I am not a believer but if I were I would feel very offended by the iconography of the Church that has to do with my God. in a baroque church – Toscani reaffirms, reiterating what was said in the transmission ‘La Zanzara’ – it seems to enter a sadomasochistic club. ” And on his statements on condoms in Africa he adds: “ I was there and when Pope Wojtyła said not to use i preser lived and people and children died, no one said anything? ”. “I always say what I think – underlines the photographer – I am a being free from the burdens of faith and religion and free to reason and react ”. And on Adinolfi who criticized the appeal sentence that acquitted the photographer, Toscani concludes with an ironic joke: “I am happy that Adinolfi is disconcerted by the sentence, I did it on purpose to disconcert Adinolfi ”. (By Alisa Toaff)