Episcopal Press and News

Former Hostages Call for Peace in Northern Ireland

Episcopal News Service. September 16, 1992 [92195C]

Former Anglican envoy Terry Waite joined two other former hostages in calling for an end to the violence that has stricken Northern Ireland. Terry Anderson and the Rev. Lawrence Jenco joined Waite at a "Beyond Hate" conference in Londonderry. "Violence is never for a good purpose," said Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for the Associated Press who was released last December after six years as a hostage. "1 don't think you're ever going to end the cycle until you get at least some of those men to sit down across from you and talk," Anderson said. "Hatred is useless. It doesn't help -- it hurts you, it hurts everybody," added Father Jenco. The appeal came as the death toll in the 23-year conflict passed 3,000.