By Dailymail.com Reporter
Published: 01:29 GMT, 12 March 2019 | Updated: 02:05 GMT, 12 March 2019
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The Diocese of Brooklyn is demanding a public apology from Saturday Night Live over a joke that compared the Catholic church's sex abuse scandals to R. Kelly's.
The joke in question came during SNL's Weekend Update segment in which co-host Pete Davidson addressed the disgraced R&B star who is facing a number of counts of sexual abuse.
'Before I continue, this guy is a monster and he should go to jail forever,' Davidson said. 'But if you support the Catholic church, isn't that like the same thing as being an R. Kelly fan? I don't really see the difference, except for one's music is significantly better.'
Pete Davidson focused on the R&B singer, who is facing 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, during his segment on Weekend Update
Davidson started by calling Kelly a 'monster,' before sharing his take on the similarities between him and the Catholic Church
R.Kelly has been charged with sexually abusing four women, including three who were minors at the time in a pattern of alleged abuse that appears to span decades
'Look, I'm not saying it's an easy