Woman held in Poland for adding LGBT symbol to revered icon

AP  |  Warsaw 

A protest is planned in later Tuesday after police held for a few hours an activist on allegations she desecrated the country's most-revered Catholic icon by adding the LGBT rainbow colors to its halos.

said on that the woman was detained Monday in the central city of and would hear charges over the desecration of the icon of Mother of of Czestochowa.

In predominantly Catholic Poland, individuals can face up to two years in prison for hurting religious feelings.

has identified the woman detained by police Monday as their activist, Elzbieta Podlesna, and called the charges "spurious.

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First Published: Tue, May 07 2019. 14:00 IST