Manchester (UK) pulls 750 (pounds sterling) public crucifixion offer

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/05/manchesters_750_public_easter_crucifixion_offer_dropped/

(kinda old news but still weird LOL)

Senior clergy in Manchester, England, have cited health and safety and blasphemy concerns after nixing a plan to fill a funding gap for the city’s Easter Passion play by offering members of the public the chance to be crucified.

Organisers of the annual Manchester Passion were apparently looking for innovative ways to cover the cost of the event, and hit on the idea of “The Crucifixion Experience” which they offered via Crowdfunder. For a donation of £750, supporters could secure the right to be hoisted onto a cross at the climax of the public reenactment of Jesus’ execution.

However, killjoy senior clerics have clamped down on the groundbreaking idea, with Reverend Canon Falak Sher telling the organisers - apparently via Whatsapp - that “To put people in Jesus’ place on the cross and charge them £750 to do it is blasphemous.

"The event is to help the homeless, the poor, asylum seekers,” he continued, according to the Manchester Evening News. “It doesn't look good to be charging people that amount of money to go onto the cross.”