Chelsea Record: Chelsea churches call for forgiveness at prayer service for Charleston

When tragedies such as the murder of nine church members inside the Mother Emanuel AME church last week in Charleston, SC, strike, many are ready to strike back.

It was not the case Tuesday night, when members of the clergy in Chelsea – including the Rev. Sandra Whitley of the People’s AME Church in Chelsea – called for forgiveness and love to be showered on the accused murdered, Dylan Roof, who has said he was a white supremacist and wanted to start a race war.

Rev. Edgar Gutierrez Duarte of St. Luke’s-San Lucas,  called first for the young man, Roof, to find forgiveness from God and believers all over the world.

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