Cardiff prays for lorry victims

Posted: 26 Oct 2012 @ 00:43

by a staff reporter

HUNDREDS of people attended a church service in Cardiff after a hit-and-run spree by a lorry driver left a mother of three children dead, and 13 others, including a number of children, seriously injured.

The Priest-in-Charge of the Resurrection, Glan Ely, the Revd Jan Gould, urged those who were crammed into the church on Sunday to respond with love to the tragedy rather than revenge. "This must surely be perhaps the deepest grief we have shared as a community," but "let love be our ...

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