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<\/p>\nFilming of scenes for a controversial online show \u2018Turned On: Dirty, Sexy Money\u2019 at Brisbane\u2019s Anglican Cathedral has drawn a shocked reaction after Collective Shout campaigner Melinda Tankard Reist posted about it. <\/p>\n
Making the point that the series is \u201cpart of a PR blitz\u201d for the sex industry, Tankard Reist\u2019s critique of the Cathedral taking part in the show is scathing: \u201cIn episode 6, UK p*rn performer Lily Phillips, 24, claims to want to \u2018reconnect with her faith\u2019 and find a welcoming community. So the producers contact the Cathedral for her (all part of the pre-planned scripting, I\u2019m sure- there was no indication she was moving to QLD from UK).<\/p>\n
\u201cFive minutes due diligence online would have revealed Phillips widely-reported history including a publicised \u2018101 men in a day\u2019 sex stunt, reports of attempting to recruit \u2018barely legal\u2019 male school leavers at Gold Coast schoolies week and what seems to be fake conversion scams like her recent \u2018baptism\u2019 followed by a p*rn-themed \u2018prayer meeting\u2019 with a group of men she was about to film a gang bang with.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the church became a prop in a mainstream series for clicks, sexual solicitation and more paid subscribers \u2013 most of them married men spending money that should have supported their wives and kids.<\/p>\n
\u201cPhillips and her collaborators are shown selecting their best lingerie for the \u2018re-affirmation\u2019 ceremony.\u201d<\/p>\n
Here is a Facebook response from the cathedral from today Monday 17th. There\u2019s no text under the pic.<\/p>\n
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Was the baptism genuine?
Here\u2019s a description from the Collective Shout post. (The Other Cheek finds part of it a bit too frank in its description \u2013 but it is easy to find.)<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Dean, Very Rev\u2019d Dr Peter Catt (pictured in the Stan promo) invites the sexfluencers to the altar.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019Do you turn to Christ?\u2019 our man of God asks Phillips.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019I do.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019Do you renounce evil?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019I do.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019Do you repent of your sins?\u2019\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019I do.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the ceremony, the young content creator duo known as \u2018The Twins\u2019, in a rare moment of truth, declare: \u2018;She has a right to practice her religion. But we don\u2019t believe her!\u2019 Though slightly late to realise it, one of the identical twins says she doesn\u2019t want to be \u2018a pawn in someone\u2019s publicity stunt.’\u201d<\/p>\n
The Other Cheek has not watched the show, and even if this writer had, he might not be the wiser as to whether there was any degree of repentance before the baptism. Collective Shout suggests that the content of the show indicates otherwise, with a following scene of Lily Phillips recruiting Gold Coast tradies into taking part in sexual activity that this site is too prudish to describe.<\/p>\n