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Originally Posted by Battlebasset
I remember when she hit the scene. Her "Nothing Compares 2 U" song was good, but mostly forgettable. Shaved head made her look like a POW, along with the clothing. I remember when she tore up the picture of the pope on SNL yelling something like "Fight the real enemy". Just weird. The audience just sat there stunned. What did she even mean?
Sad ending to a sad life. RIP.
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She was protesting the inactions of the Vatican and crimes against children that were being covered up and suffered the wrath for doing so. It was brought to national attention in 2002 following a series of publications by The Boston Globe 10 years later.
The issue of child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic priests was first publicized in 1985 when a Louisiana priest pleaded guilty to 11 counts of molestation of boys.