Pilgrim rush forces Virgin Mary cover-up

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Faced with a rush of pilgrims, a Massachusetts hospital says it will cover a shimmering image of the Virgin Mary in the window of an office building for most of the day to avoid further disruption. On Wednesday evening hospital staffers lowered a weighted tarp from the roof over the window where believers say the mother of Jesus Christ gazes down on them. The image was first seen last week.

"We asked people to visit the window only between 5:30 and 8:30 in the evening so that the crowds won't interfere with hospital activities. But that wasn't working and so we made the decision to uncover the window only during those hours," said Susan Schepici, a spokeswoman at Milton Hospital. Still people are flocking to the community hospital at all hours, Schepici said, counting about 30 people staring at the covered window this morning.

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