Tennis star dropped by Catholic youth group after ESPN Body Issue pics

Agnieszka Radwanska came under fire in Poland for the racy photos.

World No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska was dropped by a Catholic youth group

in her native Poland after posing nude for ESPN The Magazine's Body

Issue.



The Polish player, who made the semifinals of Wimbledon this month,

was an ambassador for a Catholic youth group's campaign, "I'm not

ashamed of Jesus." In 2011, she posed for a picture with the Polish

spelling of Jesus written in tennis balls.



Youth Crusade dropped Radwanska for "immoral behavior," according to AFP.



Radwanska was criticized by Catholic groups when the nude, but not

explicit, photos debuted last week. The pics were a major story in the

predominantly-Catholic country. The picture of Radwanska sitting

poolside was featured on the cover of Wprost, one of the country's

most popular news magazines.



"It's a shame that someone who has declared their love for Jesus is

now promoting the mentality of men looking at a woman as a thing

rather than a child of God worthy of respect and love," Father Marek

Dziewiecki, a senior Catholic priest, told The Telegraph. "If she

meets a man who she can truly love and establish a happy family and

raise Catholic children, then she would probably have to hide these

pictures from relatives."