The Madonna of the Orgasm church was turned away by Sweden’s highest court this week as it made a last-ditch attempt to be registered as a faith community. The religious group, which believes the orgasm is God and should be worshipped, planned to take their lengthy legal battle to the Supreme Administrative Court (Regeringsratten) after the Court of Appeal rejected their application.

Carlos Bebeacua, the church’s Spanish founder and self-appointed cardinal, preaches to his followers in Lovestad, southern Sweden. Speaking in a previous interview with tabloid Kvallsposten, Mr Beceacua said, “The orgasm is the ultimate feeling of lust, it shouldn’t be limited to ejaculation. You can reach it through art or by looking at a landscape and thinking ‘Wow!’”