The Cologne District Court found Josephine Witt guilty on Wednesday on the charge of "disturbance of religious practice" and fined her 1,200 euros ($1,480). The Hamburg student, now 21 years old, had painted the words "I am God" on her chest and scaled the altar of the Cologne Cathedral on December 25, 2013.
Jumping on the altar was a show of freedom of expression, Witt said. "I did not want to harass anyone," she added. "Even Jesus is hanging half naked on the cross."
Judge Gerd Krämer called Witt's deed "targeted ideological expression" and said she had "deliberately and grossly disturbed worship."
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