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Cillian Sherlock

Army chaplain hugs teenage boy who pleaded guilty to his attempted murder

Fr Paul Murphy leaves the Central Criminal Court in Dublin after giving a victim impact statement in a sentencing hearing for a boy who stabbed him (Cillian Sherlock/PA) -

An Irish army chaplain has hugged and forgiven a teenage boy who repeatedly stabbed him with a hunting knife in an attempted murder last year.

Fr Paul Murphy was stabbed seven times during the attack at Renmore Barracks in Galway on August 15.

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