When I was about ten, my friend’s Catholic parents took us to see Jesus Christ Superstar at a dinner theater. After the show was over, we all walked out and saw Jesus and Judas, still mostly in costume, making out on the wraparound deck of the place while smoking a joint.

Another memory from our time with the Reform Jewish congregation. Many Orthodox and Chassidic Jews don’t regard Reform Judaism as “real” Judaism. I get it - Reform doesn’t require keeping kosher, uses a lot of vernacular in services, stresses gender equality in language and ritual, etc. Nevertheless, traditionally…

Does Kim Davis being released count? That was the most un-Christian thing I’ve ever witnessed.

While the rest of the school waited in the pews to offer our confessions, Hector Lara jumped on the altar, gave the devil horns and shouted “Satan rules”. Mind you, this was the early 80’s and I belonged to a Catholic Church that performed exorcisms and encouraged kids to burn their heavy metal records. Because, of…

My purse was stolen at the Israeli holocaust museum Yad Vashem while I watched a short film about concentration camps.

This may qualify more as holy than sacriligeous. I spent part of my childhood in West Virginia, and our town had a little monument to Robert E. Lee. Supposedly it was the place where he first saw his horse, although that’s the kind of story that could easily be a local myth.