In 2012, Giménez, then 81, told BBC News that church members had “always repaired everything here”, and that she had permission from the local priest to do so.
She wasn’t exactly hiding when she did it either, she just sat there where anyone could see her.
I don’t recall her asking permission, she just added some light touched way too many times and it took a while until the botched version was noticed.
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She wasn’t exactly hiding when she did it either, she just sat there where anyone could see her.