A book that encourages people to have sex in church confessionals has raised the ire of the Catholic Church.

The book in question, 101 Places To Have Sex Before You Die, is published by Simon & Schuster and suggests that couples sneak into church confessional booths and have sex. Authors Marsha Normandy and Joseph St. James write– “The only sex the Church doesn’t frown upon is the married, hetrosexual and birth control-free kind, so the odds are the pope is pretty displeased with you already. Instead of carrying all that mortal sin around with you for weeks at a time until you can make it to confession, why not combine both with a quick and tidy 2-for-1 session?”

In an interview with the New York Post, Joe Zwilling, a representative for the New York Archdiocese said, “This is sick stuff and the authors and the book publishers should be ashamed of themselves . . . Let’s hope the reaction from people is . . . strong.”

Catholic League president, Bill Donohue also spoke to the Post and said–”The kind of people who would have sex in the confessional would also have sex in a graveyard. And I don’t mean with each other.”

The book goes on to say– “It’d be pretty hard for both of you (it doesn’t count if your partner is the priest) to sneak into the booth during Mass, so avoid Sundays, as well as big holidays such as Christmas Eve and Easter, when the pews are likely to be filled.”

Normandy and St. James also list the drawbacks to church sex as including– “splinters, ex-communication, Peeping (Father) Tom.”

According to the Post report, a rep for Simon & Schuster said: “This is one entry in a book that includes 100 other equally facetious references. We think readers will understand the spirit of the book.”

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