Woman Who Sees Virgin MaryBarred From Maryland Church

A Pennsylvania woman whose purported messages from the Virgin Mary have been discredited by the Roman Catholic Church has canceled her scheduled appearances in Maryland at the urging of the archbishop of Baltimore. Gianna Sullivan of Fairfield was warned last week by Archbishop Edwin O'Brien not to talk or write about the alleged apparitions anywhere within the archdiocese. The archdiocese concluded in 2000 that the visions were not supernatural and barred Sullivan's weekly appearances at an Emmitsburg, Maryland, church. The Vatican upheld that decision in 2003.