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(Investigator 61, 1998 July)
Fr Andrew Nutter, famous for the miracle image in the Anglican church at Yankalilla, may resign from the priesthood. (Sunday Mail 1998 May 10) Promotion of what might merely be salt damp or bubbled paint as the Madonna and child, led to dissension in the congregation. Yankalilla traders were pleased with the tourist influx but many parishioners disapproved of their church becoming a tourist venture. They felt their priest concentrated on promoting the image and neglected them. The image on the front wall to the right of the altar is highlighted by electric lighting focused on it. To this writer the irregular surface vaguely resembled a shrouded person holding a cloth-wrapped infant. However,
psychologist
Laurie Eddie wrote:
…the
apparition at
Yankalilla appears to
be nothing more than a common type of visual illusion, what is called a
simulacrum, an abstract pattern which produces the impression to people
viewing it, of some recognizable shape.
I am only able
to see the
most rudimentary
outline. I get a much clearer image when I turn the picture upside down
and then I can quite clearly see the Phantom's skull cave.
Hundreds of
prayer-request
cards on display
list all sorts of serious complaints – including cancer, brain tumor,
schizophrenia,
infertility, heart disease, mental defect and singleness. Alleged
healing
has included inoperable cancer and brain tumor. (Investigator 56 p. 23)
At the entrance
is a
padlocked donation box
and displays of items for sale: photos, brochures, pendants, leaflets,
booklets.
(BS)
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