Addressing the attendance in the mosque in Blanchardstown Dr Jackson also extended his condolences on behalf of his church and other Christians, who, he said, were journeying with him in sorrow
Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin Michael Jackson has been expressing his sympathy and solidarity with the Muslim people of New Zealand and Ireland at a memorial gathering for victims of last week's terror attacks in Christchurch.
Archbishop Jackson was accompanied at the gathering by the Ambassador of New Zealand to this country, Brad Burgess.Dr Jackson said he felt "a deep sense of outrage and tragedy that even one person at prayer should die through calculated and premeditated violence". Dr Jackson also said he wanted to echo the words of his counterpart, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, earlier in the week who, he said had "effectively asked where it had disappeared to".
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