Here is a link to the article I wrote about Dottie Zimmerman, the Toledo woman who teaches religion at a Catholic school and also "channels" dead Italian saint Padre Pio.
It is, without a doubt, one of the strangest articles I've ever written but one that is quite fascinating. I've gotten a lot of responses, both pro and con but mostly claiming the woman must be a lunatic or demonic.
Unfortunately my second story on the topic, one that offers expert views on channeling, did not appear on the web at first, which made the main story look unbalanced. I'm glad to say they're both online now and linked.
You can also listen to excerpts of Dottie as Padre Pio.
Somewhat surprisingly, that article was No. 1on The Blade website yesterday while the Robinson appeals court verdict was No. 5. I had been curious how they would do in comparison.
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Toledo, Ohio
July 13, 2008