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Statement from the Rt Revd Ken Good on attacks on homes
The Rt Revd Ken Good, Bishop of Derry & Raphoe, issued the following statement today:
?We all value our home as the place where, above all, we should be able to feel safe and secure. An attack on anyone?s home is a deeply unsettling personal violation of their most basic civil rights.
?The provocative paint bombing of Wendy Park?s house on the Waterside is a cowardly outrage which we must all condemn.
?Wendy?s dignified response to this intimidating violence has been brave and impressive, as has been the way in which her neighbours have rallied around to express their disgust at what has happened. The strength of local community support for Wendy has been heartening, and I am pleased to hear people?s conviction that mixed housing is the way forward for our city and must not be allowed to be threatened in this way.
?It has also been distressing for us all to witness the fact that Councillor Pat Ramsay and his family have, understandably, felt it necessary to move from their home in the Bogside because of persistent attacks on their home over several years.
?Intimidation of this sort diminishes us all and does not reflect the kind of shared future we long to see in this city.?
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