Bare-faced cheek: Facebook ban Glenstal monks book ad

Bare-faced cheek: Facebook ban Glenstal monks book ad

The social media giant Facebook have found a new book by the Glenstal monks in Limerick too raunchy for their platform.

Published by Columba Books, ‘Glenstal Abbey: through the seasons’ depicts the lives of the Limerick based monks and includes some religious paintings by resident monk and artist Br Emmaus.

However Facebook told Columba Books that the paintings “show too much skin” which is against their policies and banned the advertisements.  One of the paintings is of St Michael the Archangel.

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