Influencer Marie, former contestant on TVI’s reality show “Dilema”, is involved in controversy after images at the Church of Covilhã.
Influencer Marie, former contestant on TVI’s reality show “Dilema”, will be the target of a complaint from the Parish of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in Covilhã, after having filmed a controversial video in this church.
In the images that Maria herself published on her Instagram profile, and which she has since deleted, the influencer appears in a mini-skirt and top at the church altar Parish of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in Covilhã (Castelo Branco).
surge a cantar “words of eternal life” in the tone of religious music, while saying “all together” and you can hear several smiles behind the camera that is filming.
However, ask “what if I sat here”referring to the church altar. A woman’s voice that sounds like it belongs to the person filming sighs “No” softly, and You can hear a child shouting “No” safely.
Church Parish files complaint against Marie
The publication of the images on Marie’s Instagram raised a deafening buzz and a lot of criticism against the former TVI reality show competitor. In addition to “Dilema”, he also participated in ““.
The 23-year-old published photos and a video at the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, in Covilhã, without authorization. Parish issued a statement saying that it “repudiates the acts that occurred and will act in accordance with the law”.
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The Parish of the Nossa Senhora da Conceição Church ended up announcing, in a statement posted on Facebook, that the images were recorded “without consent of the legal representative” of Fábrica da Igreja.
Noting that it “repudiates the acts that occurred”, the Parish also emphasizes that it “will act in legal terms”, presenting “the competent complaint against the target“.
Marie may have committed a crime of religious outrage
In its publication, the Parish cites the article 251 of number 2 of the Penal Code which refers to the crime of “outrage on grounds of religious belief”.
This article of the Penal Code “involves the conduct of offending or mocking another person due to their religious belief or function”, as well as acts of “desecrate a place or object of worship or religious veneration“, in situations where it may “disturb public peace”.
“It is punished with prison sentence of up to 1 yearor with a fine of up to 120 days”, the article also highlights that it is “a public crime” which, therefore, “does not depend on either the filing of a complaint or a private accusation”.
