A woman known as “the Saint” claimed that a statue of the Virgin Mary wept blood-tears, which caused many people to visit the area. However, a private investigator reported the incident to the police, and the woman and her husband left town. The woman had previously been found guilty of fraud and had established a foundation to solicit funds for ill children. Catholicism has a history of claims about paranormal events, including crying statues, but the church evaluates claims of the supernatural before accepting them. Some weeping statues have been found to be staged.
