Here is an amazing story of forgiveness in today’s SMH.

From the story:

Both families declined to comment on the verdict, but the case officer, Detective Sergeant Cameron Templeton, said of Mr Tamapeau’s family: “They are simply the nicest family I have ever encountered.

“They are a deeply religious and loving family who have heard the evidence - who had prayed constantly throughout the trial for not only Mr Hopper, but his family the judge, jury, the legal counsels and police.

“I have never seen anything like this in my career as a police officer. The ability of people to accept and forgive,” he said.

Before leaving the court, Mr Tamapeau’s family joined hands in a room and held a collective prayer for Mr Hopper.

I wonder if other forum members have similar stories of forgiveness by Christians that they know of, or have experienced?

Especially local and recent stories, just to restrict the time and space possibilities of this thread a fraction! To be strictly in keeping with this forum we would have to restrict it to Sydney Anglicans, but if the rules are bent I am sure that can be forgiven ;-)

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Any hints on how to find this story, Gordon? What was the title?

Sorry David, I somehow managed to miss a bit of the code when I was cutting and pasting.

The link is fixed now. Here it is again, and the heading of the SMH article was “Victim’s family hugs accused”.