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Nergal Wins Legal Battle Over Controversial Jesus Sculpture

3/9/2025

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Adam "Nergal" Darski, the dynamic frontman of Behemoth, triumphed in a legal showdown over a provocative sculpture of Jesus on a phallus, a gift from Tom Gabriel Fischer. The court deemed the outrage "meaninglessly empty," prompting Nergal to denounce the expensive legal battle and launch a defense fund to combat Poland's blasphemy laws.

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Adam "Nergal" Darski, the dynamic frontman of Behemoth, triumphed in a legal showdown over a provocative sculpture of Jesus on a phallus, a gift from Tom Gabriel Fischer. The court deemed the outrage "meaninglessly empty," prompting Nergal to denounce the expensive legal battle and launch a defense fund to combat Poland's blasphemy laws.