Catholics Rip Larry for Whizzing on Jesus

Urine taken for 'miraculous tears' by Curb characters
By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 30, 2009 4:05 AM CDT
Catholics Rip Larry for Whizzing on Jesus
The Catholic League isn't laughing about 'miraculous Jesus tears' on an episode of Larry David's comedy series.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

The US Catholic League has complained about an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm that shows Larry David accidentally urinating on a painting of Jesus hanging in a bathroom. Other characters then think the painting is miraculously crying. "Was Larry David always this crude?" asked angry league president Bill Donahue. "Would he think it comic if someone urinated on a picture of his mother?" A statement from HBO said the humor of the program is "always playful and certainly never malicious," reports the Telegraph.
(More Curb Your Enthusiasm stories.)

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