‘Jessica wants us to forgive her mother’

A GRIEVING father told mourners yesterday that his daughter would want people to forgive and pray for her mother.

‘Jessica wants us to forgive her mother’
Thu, 03 Aug, 2006 - 01:00
Eoin English

Fighting back tears, 21-year-old Jessica Prendergast’s father, Willie, made an emotional speech at his daughter’s funeral Mass in St Oliver’s Church in Ballyvolane, Cork.

As his voice cracked with emotion, he told mourners of his love for his daughter and about her love for her mother.

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