内容摘要：There were several sightings posted to social media. Ed was filmed trotting through a neighborhood.

There were several sightings posted to social media. Ed was filmed trotting through a neighborhood.

“There’s a profound sense of spontaneity in El Rocío … just like in the Gospel when Jesus goes to have dinner with folks,” Sánchez said later. “We have a lot of time to come to God crying in life, but that’s not El Rocío.”Pilgrims cross the Quema river near Aznalcázar, Spain, a crucial point in the annual Catholic pilgrimage to the shrine of the Virgin of El Rocio that draws hundreds of thousands of faithful, on June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Pilgrims cross the Quema river near Aznalcázar, Spain, a crucial point in the annual Catholic pilgrimage to the shrine of the Virgin of El Rocio that draws hundreds of thousands of faithful, on June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)One reason for the pilgrimage’s down-to-earth nature is El Rocío’s location, in the wetlands and sand dunes of the Guadalquivir River’s estuary, said Juan Carlos González Faraco, a University of Huelva professor who has studied the pilgrimage.Until the last few decades, when large-scale greenhouse farming and

have taken over, it was a malaria-prone wilderness frequented mostly by cattle and horse ranchers.That’s allowed the centuries-old pilgrimage tradition to continue without the strictness of other places of

. It has stayed in the hands of the brotherhoods instead of the institutional church, said González.

He’s a member of the main brotherhood from Almonte, the closest town to the sanctuary that manages its white church filled with golden images and orange sand from the pilgrims’ footsteps.“No matter what you think about OneTaste and what they were doing, they chose it. They knew what it was about,” she said in her closing statement last week. “The fact they are regretting the actions that they took when they were younger is not evidence of a crime.”

Lawyers for the defendants said their clients maintain their innocence and intend to appeal.“We are deeply disappointed in today’s verdict,” the lawyers said in a statement Monday. “This case raised numerous novel and complex legal issues that will require review by the Second Circuit.”

Daedone co-founded OneTaste in San Francisco in 2004 as a sort of self-help commune that viewed female orgasms as key to sexual and psychological wellness and interpersonal connection.A centerpiece was “orgasmic meditation,” or “OM,” which was carried out by men manually stimulating women in a group setting.