Sister Wendy Beckett , an art critic and Catholic nun , said in a television interview with Bill Moyers that she did not think the work was blasphemous . She thought that it was but a statement on `` what we have done to Christ '' Sister Wendy Beckett , an art critic and Catholic nun , stated in a television interview with Bill Moyers that she regarded the work as not blasphemous but a statement on `` what we have done to Christ '' : that is , the way contemporary society has come to regard Christ and the values he represents .