Church Criticized for Hosting T-Mobile's Royal Wedding Spoof

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Rev. Dr. Martin Dudley, the rector of St. Bartholomew the Great in London, is taking heat for allowing Saatchi & Saatchi to film its Royal Wedding spoof video for T-Mobile in his church. An anonymous senior cleric calls Dudley's decision "embarrassing" and suggests the rector give the money to charity "to sweeten the taste in the mouth." Dudley, not one to be intimidated by creepy phrasing, says he will continue to rent the church out for commercial events.

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