An archbishop burned the altar where a priest allegedly filmed himself having sex with two dominatrix porn stars.
Rev Travis Clark, 37, is accused of having a threesome with adult film actress Mindy Dixon, 41, and 23-year-old Melissa Cheng at the Saints Peter and Paul Roman Catholic Church in Louisiana on September 30.
Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans has since revealed that the altar was set on fire and removed from the church.
Mr Aymond said: “Regarding Travis, his obscene behaviour was deplorable, his desecration of the altar in the church was demonic and I am infuriated by his actions.
“When the details became clear we had the altar removed and burned. I will consecrate a new altar tomorrow.”
Clark was allegedly caught by a passer-by who noticed the lights were on in the church after hours, according to Nola.com.
Court documents allege the woman were dressed in corsets and high-heeled boots and there were sex toys and stage lighting.
A mobile phone was also said to have been mounted on a tripod recording it, the documents add.
The eyewitness took a video and called the Pearl River police, who later arrived and arrested the trio on obscenity charges as they were in view of the public.
Ms Dixon, who also works for hire as a dominatrix, reportedly posted on social media the day before about how she was on her way to the New Orleans area to meet another dominatrix “and defile a house of God”.
The women reportedly told police they were there with Mr Clark’s permission and were recording themselves in “role play”.
The eyewitness took a video and called the Pearl River police, who later arrived and arrested the trio on obscenity charges as they were in view of the public.
Ms Dixon, who also works for hire as a dominatrix, reportedly posted on social media the day before about how she was on her way to the New Orleans area to meet another dominatrix “and defile a house of God”.
The women reportedly told police they were there with Mr Clark’s permission and were recording themselves in “role play”.
Officers determined everything that had happened was consensual, but they arrested Mr Clark, Ms Cheng and Ms Dixon on accusations the three had broken a law prohibiting people from having sex within public view.
Police said they confiscated the sex toys and camera equipment as evidence.
Mr Clark was later released from jail on a $25,000 bond (£19,500).
Ms Cheng, of Alpharetta, Georgia, and Ms Dixon, of Kent, Washington, posted bonds of $7,500 (£5,800), records show.
Mr Clark has been suspended from the archdiocese following his arrest.
