Priest endorses shock rocker

No, this is not a close-up of one of the "Angel Dedication Candle Holders" in L.A.'s Cathedral. It's shock rocker, Marilyn Manson.

ZAGREB: Religious groups in Croatia are up in arms over the imminent arrival of shock-rocker Marilyn Manson for a concert.

But rallying to the banner of free speech and perhaps a little shock-value of his own, Manson has found one unlikely defender - a Catholic priest.

"How could Manson turn young people into satanists and drug-addicts in the two hours of his act," daily newspaper Vjesnik quoted priest Anton Bobas as saying.

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