The religious shrine erected by Noel Dube of Pepperell includes an illuminated cross and depictions of Jesus Christ and Our Lady of Fatima. A court has ruled that the shrine is of reasonable dimension.

Noel Dube, who said the Virgin Mary told him to erect a shrine, stood next to the 24-foot illuminated cross in his yard in May.

The religious shrine (L) erected by Noel Dube of Pepperell includes an illuminated cross and depictions of Jesus Christ and Our Lady of Fatima. A court has ruled that the shrine is of reasonable dimension. Dube, who said the Virgin Mary told him to erect a shrine, stood next to the 24-foot cross in his yard in May. (Globe File Photos/ Laurie Swope)

Let there be a lighted cross, court says

Judge rules shrine in Pepperell legal

By Douglas Belkin

Globe Staff / January 6, 2005

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Twenty-three years ago, Noel Dube said, the Virgin Mary urged him to erect a shrine to God. Now a different authority has ruled that it can stay. (Full article: 518 words)