Organisers of a graphic crucifixion reenactment in Victoria, which made children cry and was shut down by police, have vowed to tone down the event next year.

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This crucifixion reenactment made Geelong police cross.

Children were sobbing in distress at the sight of a man covered in fake blood who appeared to be nailed to a cross in the middle of a Geelong shopping precinct on Saturday afternoon, local police say.

But Heaven on Earth pastor Sarah Kenneally, who helped organise the event, said she saw no distressed children and police compromised freedom of religion by shutting down the reenactment.