The legal watchdog Judicial Watch filed a complaint on Monday with the Federal Communications Commission against NBC for airing an “obscene and indecent” Olympic opening ceremony skit that some say mocked the Last Supper.
The group said the skit included a man exposing himself during the ceremony watched by millions, including children.
The French Catholic Church hit the opening ceremonies because they “included scenes of derision and mockery of Christianity.”
“NBC and its various stations/outlets on TV, cable and internet carried (and continues to make available) the Olympics Opening Ceremony on July 26, which included an adult male purposefully exposing (himself) in the presence of a child/children. This content is both obscene and indecent and, to make matters worse, it was aired during viewing hours when it was likely seen by millions of children and minors,” the complaint said.
Many were critical of the skit and said it mocked Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Last Supper.
Organizers, however, said the skit depicted The Feast of the Gods by Hans Rottenhammer.
Olympic officials apologized over the weekend.
That had no impact on Judicial Watch.
“The blasphemous Olympics’ Opening Ceremony, which included, among other obscene and indecent acts, a man partially exposing himself around children, is patently offensive for any sensible American and requires immediate FCC action against NBC,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said. “The Justice Department should also launch an investigation, especially given the use of children in this obscene and indecent NBC broadcast.”