Duka taking further legal action over controversial plays

The head of the Czech Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Dominik Duka, and his lawyer, Ronald Němec, are filing a constitutional complaint against court verdicts finding they had no claim to an apology over alleged infringements on their rights as individuals.

This matter pertains to the staging of controversial plays at a festival in Brno, the lawyer told Czech Television. The plays depicted Christian symbols in a provocative manner.

In April the Supreme Court ruled that this was neither discrimination against Christians nor an infringement on freedom of religion.