Journalist dressed as priest tried to approach stricken Michael Schumacher in hospital Journalists mass for news on Schumacher's condition. A PERSON dressed as a priest, reportedly a journalist, tried to approach Michael Schumacher, who is in a coma and critical after a ski accident in France, his manager says. "There have been several interesting incidents here at the hospital," said Sabine Kehm. There apparently was a person dressed-up as a priest, who tried to get near Michael. I am asking everyone to let the doctors work and leave the family spend peaceful time with Michael. Responding to a question as to whether the priest was a journalist, she said: "It's what I was told... We have clearly noted that people are trying to get beyond the press room here in the clinic. It's revolting, in my opinion. Gerard Saillant, a leading Parisian brain surgeon and close friend of Schumacher's, called on journalists not to further obstruct the medical team. "In Corinna's name I would like to ask you not to pressurise us," he said, referring to Schumacher's wife. Neither us, nor the family. You can do your best to help Schumacher win this difficult battle by leaving the doctors in peace. We are not hiding anything. Schumacher has been a coma since last weekend, when he was helicoptered to hospital after slamming his head on a rock while skiing off-piste in the upmarket resort of Meribel with his son. Doctors said on Wednesday morning (EDT) that after a second operation to remove bleeding from his brain, he showed slight improvement but remained in a critical and fragile state.