I'm still confused why he thought he needed to lie?
If he'd told the truth from the off I don't think there'd be any problem. Got a second opinion from the linesman (isn't that the point in them anyway) and decided it wasn't a pen. Good refereeing in my eyes.
Celtic have made a complete arse of the whole thing though. Don't they understand that outside West/Central Scotland nobody really gives a flying fuck about religion, never mind have an anti-kaflik agenda (or whatever the fuck they are complaining about, I stopped listening about 25 years ago)