RTÉ apologises for mock broadcast which depicted God sentenced for rape

Sat 10:04 AM

Updated Sat 1:38 PM

RTÉ HAS APOLOGISED for any offence that may have been caused by the broadcast of a comedy sketch which depicted God being arrested for rape.

In a statement released this afternoon, RTÉ acknowledged that some viewers were offended by the Waterford Whispers sketch.

Approximately 600 complaints have been made so far about the sketch since it was broadcast on New Year’s Eve.

“RTÉ recognizes that matters which can cause offence naturally differ from person to person, within comedy and satire in particular,” the statement read.

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In a mock year-in-review news bulletin, portrayed as a broadcast from satirical website Waterford Whispers News, former RTÉ newsreader Aengus MacGrianna reads a report over video footage of a man dressed in white robes being led by gardaí from a court.

“A shocking revelation this year,” MacGrianna’s says, “God became the latest figure to be implicated in the ongoing sexual harassment scandal.

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