Hannibal Buress performance interrupted after priest joke at Loyola University

Hannibal Buress performs at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium during Colossal Clusterfest in San Francisco, June 2, 2017. The comedian had his microphone cut after making a joke about the Catholic church while performing a set at a Catholic university. less Hannibal Buress performs at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium during Colossal Clusterfest in San Francisco, June 2, 2017. The comedian had his microphone cut after making a joke about the Catholic church while ... more Photo: Peter DaSilva, Special To The Chronicle Photo: Peter DaSilva, Special To The Chronicle Image 1 of / 20 Caption Close Hannibal Buress performance interrupted after priest joke at Loyola University 1 / 20 Back to Gallery

A controversial joke by Hannibal Buress led to his microphone being cut off five minutes into his set at a university Saturday night, after the comedian made a joke referencing the Catholic church's history of child molestation and sexual abuse.

Loyola University Chicago invited Buress to headline the comedy portion of a two-day show featuring music and comedy at the school.

Buress began the set with a projection of an email he alleges he received from the Jesuit Catholic school ahead of his performance, which outlined topics that the comedian was to stay away from, reported Loyola's student newspaper, the Loyola Phoenix.

Among the banned topics were rape, sexual assault, race, illegal drugs and sexual orientation/gender. (A photo of the projected email can be seen here.)

"Bitch-ass old people, I can project," Buress said, according to reports. "Y'all f--k kids, right?"

That last comment led to Buress' microphone being cut off, and the comedian attempted to continue his set without a microphone. Students told the Loyola Phoenix music began playing in an attempt to drown Buress out, and he left the stage.

After about 15 minutes Buress returned to the stage and received a standing ovation from the audience, continuing on and finishing his performance. The comedian reportedly continued to reference being cut off during the set.

When a Twitter user later asked why Buress signed up for a show and went against the guidelines outlined beforehand, Buress apparently replied, "Or take it and get paid and still do what you want. option 2 sounds more exciting. Show still went on. What's your point here?"