NY gallery cancels naked Jesus exhibit

A New York City art gallery has cancelled an exhibit that featured a life-size chocolate sculpture Jesus Christ naked. 

Roman Catholics from all over the world have issued a protest against the Roger Smith Lab Gallery and a boycott on its affiliated Roger Smith Hotel.  As a result, execs have pulled the plug.

In his own form of protest against the decision to kill the sculpture "My Sweet Lord" by Cosimo Cavallaro, the gallery's artistic director submitted his resignation.

"We have caused the cancellation of the exhibition and wish to affirm the dignity and responsibility of the hotel in all its affairs," James Knowles, president of the Roger Smith Hotel, said in a statement.

The sculpture was to be exhibited for two hours each day next week in a street-level window of the Roger Smith Lab Gallery in Midtown Manhattan.