Priest forgives teenage attacker in court after near-fatal stabbing at Galway army barracks

Fr Paul Murphy says he forgives the 17-year-old who stabbed him in an Islamist-inspired attack at Renmore Barracks

Defence Forces chaplain, Fr Paul Murphy, who was stabbed in an incident in Galway last year, pictured leaving the Criminal Courts of Justice this afternoon after giving a victim impact statement. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin.

A Catholic priest who survived an Islamist-inspired knife attack by a 16-year-old boy today turned to the youth in court and said he 'forgave' him.

The boy, now aged 17, leaned towards Fr Paul Murphy and replied, ‘I'm sorry.’