Sabrina Carpenter's music video filmed in church leaves catholic bishop 'appalled'

Sabrina Carpenter released a music video for her song Feather on Tuesday. It featured the singer dancing in and outside of a church in New York City. Days after its drop Sabrina came under fire for not following the protocols of the holy place by the Diocese of Brooklyn. 

Sabrina Carpenter condemned by Catholic bishop

Bishop Robert Brennan of the Diocese of Brooklyn expressed his "appallment at what was filmed at Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Brooklyn" in a statement provided to the Catholic News Agency on Thursday. He added that, the “parish did not follow diocesan policy regarding the filming on church property, which includes a review of the scenes and script."

In Mia Barnes' directed music video, which begins with images of a 19th-century church, Sabrina is seen trying to go about her day when she is harassed and mistreated by multiple men. The men at the gym eventually start killing each other after they start fighting over the singer. Later, when she is in the elevator and a man takes a picture up her skirt, she kills him. 

Sabrina is then seen wearing a tulle dress and veil, attending the men's funeral. It appears as though the former Disney Channel star is not mourning the deaths of the deceased as she dances around the church altar, before leaving in a pink hearse. The diocese stated that the church leaders "failed to accurately represent the video content," implying that they were duped by the production company.

Other singers who faced religious controversy 

Sabrina is by no means the first pop star to incite conflict with the Catholic Church or other religious organizations. The Vatican famously disapproved of Madonna's music video for her 1989 hit song Like a Prayer, Catholic organizations deemed Lady Gaga's Judas from Born This Way (2011) to be offensive. 

More recently, conservative Christians chastised Lil Nas X for his MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) music video.