Banksy wades into Catholic church sex abuse scandal with new sculpture

Cardinal Sin is the bust of a priest with its face sawn off and replaced with a mosaic of bathroom tiles

Banksy's 'Cardinal Sin' has been loaned indefinitely to Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Banksy has waded into the child sex abuse scandal of the Catholic church with a sculpture of a priest with his face obscured called Cardinal Sin. The graffiti artist's piece is a replica of an 18th-century stone bust, which has had its face sawn off and replaced with a mosaic of bathroom tiles to replicate the pixellation effect used on TV to prevent identification of victims of sex crimes. READ MORE