Complex sentence: In 1992, O'Connor tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II on live television during a performance on Saturday Night Live, leading to hundreds of complaints to the TV show and in 1997, O'Connor apologized to the Pope for that action.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1992, O'Connor tore up a photo of Pope John Paul II on live television during a performance on Saturday Night Live, leading to hundreds of complaints to the TV show. In 1997, O'Connor apologized to the Pope for that action.