A CATHOLIC priest has called on charity "Full Monty" shows to be banned amid concerns they "incite people to have intercourse".
First popularised in the 1997 film starring Robert Carlyle, which centered on a group of former steelworkers who form their own striptease act, the term "full Monty" refers the practice of stripping completely naked as part of the performance.
The film has since spawned a hit musical and several tribute performances set up to raise money for important causes.
The most recent of these came on ITV where "The Real Full Monty" and "The Real Full Monty: Ladies' Night" saw two sets of celebrities perform a striptease in aid of cancer awareness.
However, the practice of raising funds for important causes with a Full Monty show has now come in for criticism from Father Kevin St. Aubyn from the Our Lady Immaculate Church in Whitstable in Kent.
Speaking to the Herne Bay Gazette, Father Kevin described these types of shows as "morally wrong" in the context of the Catholic religious faith.
"From a Catholic point of view, we all have to wrestle with our sexuality and impure thoughts for the whole of our lives," he said.
"In the sexual area, we can all be very weak, and this would just be titillating us. Morally, think it is the wrong thing to do.
"It could incite young people to work up their desires, so young couples may decide to have intercourse. In Christian teaching, sex before marriage is fornication."
Father Kevin's criticism comes as eight women and six men are preparing to strip off in a bid to raise money for a variety of cancer charities at an event being held at Herne Bay Pier.
As many as 1,000 people are set to turn up for "The Full Monty & Montyettes" on August 11th with tickets being sold for £10 a head.
Men and women aged between 20 and 74 are stripping off to raise money at the event, with funds going towards charities involved in addressing testicular, prostate and breast cancer.
Despite this, Kevin has called on the event to be scrapped, warning that it is "contrary to Christian modesty" and also "encouraged lust".
