Pastor gets death threats after pole dancing show in French church
The show in the Strasbourg church was described as 鈥榲irtuous, athletic 鈥� and according to some sexy鈥�
The pastor of Saint Guillaume in Strasbourg was threatened after a pole dance show
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A pastor in eastern France says he received death threats after his church hosted a pole dancing show.
Daniel Boessenbacher filed a complaint with the police on Monday (April 3).
Last week, an association called Passions crois茅es (Crossing passions) rented his Saint Guillaume Protestant church in Strasbourg for two nights to put on a show that mixed lyrical song, dancing and pole dancing.
The 1,000 tickets for the shows sold out, with local news outlet Derni猫res Nouvelles d'Alsace (DNA) saying the place was packed 鈥渢o the last folding chair鈥�.
The DNA described the show by European pole dancing champion Vincent Grobelny as 鈥渧irtuous, athletic, gracious, impertinent and according to some sexy鈥�.
Letters were found on Saturday (April 1) pushed under the church door. One called for parish members to be 鈥渄ecapitated鈥� saying 鈥渢his is not a church, it is a cabaret鈥�, reported DNA.
Mr Boessenbacher said flyers for the show were also found pushed under the door with 鈥渄eath鈥� or 鈥渢o hell鈥� written on them.
鈥淒idn't plan on spending time at the police station on the first day of Holy Week,鈥� wrote Mr Boessenbacher on Facebook. 鈥淏ut oh well... my open-mindedness stops when pseudo-Christians drop anonymous mails at the parish.
鈥淚 write pseudo-Christians because I don't know where, in the Gospels, Jesus asks to send death threats.
鈥淥f course, a complaint was filed.鈥�
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