Atonement and forgiveness in Belfast
Northern Ireland faces a choice in dealing with past wrongs. It is taking the more dangerous path
JUDE WHYTE’S mother Peggy was a devout Catholic and part-time taxi driver, well-known in the market district of Belfast. In 1983, a member of a Protestant paramilitary group tried to bomb the family home and injured himself horribly in the attempt. She nursed him as he lay in the street. Her son thought this kindness might spare the family further attacks, but a year later the same group attacked the house again, this time killing Peggy and a policeman.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Blessed are the merciful”
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