Australia’s highest-ranking Roman Catholic clergyman, Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell, has been charged by Australian police over sex allegations from “multiple complainants.” The Vatican has released a statement of support for Pell, citing his “honesty.”“Cardinal Pell is facing multiple charges in respect of historic sexual offences,” Victoria state police deputy commissioner Shane Patton told the media in Melbourne on Thursday. Continue reading
Two Australian artists have set up what they call an “ecosexual bathhouse” at a festival of experimental art in Sydney where people are invited to have sex with the earth to help secure the future of the planet.
Part of the Syndey LiveWorks Festival of experimental art, the bathhouse is premised on “ecosexuality,” a “growing” movement involving a queer identity that considers the environment an erotic partner. The bathhouse has been created by artists Loren Kronemyer and Ian Sinclair of the artists collective of Pony Express, according to Vice.
The artists described their work as a “no-holds-barred extravaganza meant to dissolve the barriers between species as we descend into oblivion” as the result of our global environmental crisis. Continue reading