The news spread rapidly and huge crowds soon flooded the town from all over Europe. The last reported visitation had a reported 200,000 people in attendance. Although Ms. Roncalli was forced to retract her statements, as an adult she claimed she had been coerced and bullied by the priests and maintained that she actually had seen something.
The news spread quickly, causing a large influx of visitors from across Europe. The last recorded attendance was 200,000 people. Despite retracting her initial statements, Ms. Roncalli maintained that she had been coerced and bullied by the priests, claiming to have witnessed something.