Valletta, Malta - Six people who dressed up as nuns for Malta's carnival earlier this year did not vilify the Catholic religion, the chief justice ruled Friday. In his ruling Vincent De Gaetano upheld a previous acquittal won by the six and against which Malta's attorney general had lodged a series of appeals.
De Gaetano however, chastised the six - four men and two women - saying that the costumes they wore in the March carnival were done in "very bad taste".
The six were charged following complaints by bishops on the staunchly Catholic Mediterranean island-state.
