Of course, we would never criticize anyone for choosing to do whatever will make them happy, even if we tend to have a few issues with the whole skin-star-finding-religion thing. But we will say that we're sorry to see her go: Erica was one of our favorites, combining supervixen sexiness with cute girl-next-door looks, and she will be missed. On the other hand, since pictures of fellow former glamour model Crissy Moran are almost as popular now as they were two years ago when she found God and dropped out of the business, we're guessing that we'll still be running into Erica for a little while longer. Here's another look back at the works she left behind.

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· "The Only Way Out" (clubericacampbell.com)
· Nude Model Erica Campbell Retires After Religious Conversion (avn.com)
· Erica Campbell Galleries via kellyfind.com, toteme.com, hpornstars.com, asredas.com + thousandbabes.com
· Erica Campbell Stripping (RedTube)

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Previously: Crissy Moran Finds Jesus

It really isn't easy to shock the general public these days if you're an artist. Photos of blood-covered naked women wearing gas masks? Been there. A thong-clad dominatrix pretending you're her seat cushion while she farts all over her office chair? Done that. But according to news articles this week, Spanish photographer JAM Montoya is still managing to épater le bourgeois via his black and white photos of naked nuns, pervy priests, and religous icons doing all sorts of dirty things together. It's territory that many other artists have also explored, and truthfully Santoya's 1997 "Sanctorum" series of work reminds us of a weak solution of Joel-Peter Witkin with a dash of George Platt-Lynes and Andres Serrano thrown in for good measure. Still, what gives photos like these the power to cause a minor government scandal in Spain between a cultural minister and a rival politician? Is it because we're so conditioned in the West to see such images as the ultimate in blasphemy? Or is it because photos of things like a masturbating Jesus or a BBW nun with her habit hiked over her head are not exactly the sorts of things you see every day—no matter how many gas masks or farting dommes you come across otherwise?

· JAM Montoya: Sanctorum (jam-montoya.es, via sexblo.gs)
· "El PP denuncia a la Junta de Extremadura por subvencionar el libro de un fot grafo que plasma a Cristo masturb ndose" and "El consejero de Cultura extreme o pide disculpas por las fotos 'pornocat licas' de Montoya, pero no al PP" (20minutos.es; see BabelFish translations here and here)

Previously: Porn Saints, On The Set: "The Cumming of Jizzus", Nunsploitation!, DVD Review: "The New Neighbors" (Redux), Erotic Blasphemy: Vatican Pin-Ups, Nun Fetish Porn, Erotic Nuns

While we here at Fleshbot generally try to bring you as much pleasant news as we can, our strong sense of editorial responsibility means there are times when we're bound to tell you things that will probably bum you out as well—which is why we have no choice but to pass along the news that perennial babelog favorite Crissy Moran accepted Jesus Christ as her personal savior sometime last week and will presumably no longer be making friends on porn sets or lounging around poolside in full-body thongs. As she explains in her MySpace blog, "I just know I cannot do it anymore. I feel its time to turn away. Some people want to say it is because I am 30 years old but I was at the peak of my porn career. I made great money and more than I ever have in the time I have been in the business. It's not about the money people ... it's about God convicting my heart." We wish Crissy all the best no matter where the road takes her from now on, but we're hoping her newfound conviction doesn't preclude her from at least posing topless every once in a while. After all, we always thought that looking at her naked was sort of a religous experience.

· Crissy Moran on MySpace (blog.myspace.com/yourfriendcrissy)
· "Crissy Moran found Jesus" (pornzio.com)
· Crissy Moran (Wikpedia)
· Club Crissy (soon-to-be non-official site @ clubcrissy.com)
· Crissy Moran Gallery (phun.org)

Previously: Porn Valley Dispatch: Angie Loves Crissy, Best of Babelogs Archives