Just when you thought the cottage industry known as "the Marian movement" was due for a shot in the arm, its designated lunatic fringe recently gave itself one in the foot.HAGERSTOWN - The Roman Catholic Church has told a disputed visionary to stop disseminating within the Archdiocese of Baltimore messages she purportedly receives from the Virgin Mary.
Gianna Sullivan complied yesterday by suspending her monthly appearances at a Frederick County conference center. Sullivan, of Fairfield, PA, also pledged not to disseminate messages in written, spoken or electronic form within the jurisdiction of the archdiocese, as requested by Archbishop Edwin F O'Brien.
O'Brien's injunction, which was distributed to churchgoers last weekend, marked an escalation of the church's efforts to silence Sullivan, who was banned in 2000 from delivering her messages during weekly appearances at St Joseph Catholic Church in Emmitsburg.
In 2003, the Vatican supported an investigative commission's conclusion that the apparitions were not supernatural. Nevertheless, Sullivan's followers continued to post her messages online...
...because "no" means "no, but" to these bozos, that's why.
(PHOTO: Gianna Sullivan prays during a gathering near Frederick last year. (Associated Press 02/04/07. Used without permission or shame.)
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