Carnegie Mellon student who marched as nude pope charged with indecent exposure
A couple of weeks ago, a Carnegie Mellon student decided to march in the school’s art parade dressed as the pope and naked from the waist down.
She has now been charged with indecent exposure.
FOX News reports.
Pennsylvania college student charged in nude pope-parody
A Carnegie Mellon University student was charged Friday with indecent exposure by campus police after a Catholic bishop complained about her parading nude from the waist down while dressed as the pope.
A male student who was nude also was charged, but it wasn’t immediately clear what he was doing during the Pittsburgh school’s spring fine arts parade last month.
CMU President Jared Cohon said Friday that the misdemeanor charges were filed in Allegheny County against the two students and the school would not take any additional disciplinary action. He said the school endorses artistic expression but public nudity is illegal.
“There are competing values at issue here: Carnegie Mellon aims to be a place where ideas can be expressed and debated openly, but also where people of all backgrounds, faiths, and beliefs feel welcomed and supported,” Cohon said.
Bishop David Zubik of the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese complained after the April 18 parade, in which the female student — with her pubic hair shaved in the shape of a cross — threw condoms to onlookers. Cohon apologized last week for the display.
The university did not identify the two students. Court records show students Katherine B. O’Connor, 19, of Pittsburgh, and Robb S. Godshaw, 22, of Wilmette, Ill., were charged by campus police with indecent exposure. No attorney was listed for either.