Presbyterian Moderator Dr Stafford Carson has taken ill overnight and despite his original intention to do so, cannot now attend today's funeral service for Cardinal Cahal Daly.
Former Moderator and Clerk of Assembly Dr Sam Hutchinson will represent the Moderator and the Presbyterian Church at the service.
Earlier Dr Carson paid the following tribute to Cardinal Daly.
An outstanding academic, Cahal Daly will always be remembered for the huge contribution he made to the developing of better relationships between the Protestant and Roman Catholic Churches. His County Antrim roots, of which he was always proud, gave him a deep understanding of the essential part that Presbyterians have played in the history of our community, something he was always happy to explain to others.
Completely and totally opposed to violence he was an outspoken critic of the armed campaign of the IRA and recognised that any future arrangements for the governance of Northern Ireland had to involve Unionist and Nationalist, Protestant and Catholic in order to create a community in which everyone could feel at home.
Stafford Carson
Presbyterian Moderator
Issued by Stephen Lynas, Presbyterian Information Services. Info@PresbyterianIreland.org
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