The Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Peter Jensen, has expressed the sympathy of Sydney Anglicans to the Norwegian community and church leaders in the aftermath of the bombing in Oslo and shootings in Utoya.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, 26th of July, the Archbishop said said the sense of shock and outrage was something Australians could understand, having suffered the Port Arthur shootings  in 1996.

“But what motivated these evil acts is unfathomable and any twisted ideology which seeks to defend it is totally abhorrent.” the statement continued.

Archbishop Jensen, in issuing a prayer appeal, said the massacre was “...in utter contradiction to the biblical message of God’s love and justice which we are called on to exemplify.”

“I ask our churches in Sydney, and appeal to Christians everywhere, to pray for Norway. May the God of all mercy comfort the bereaved, heal the injured and give hope amid this tragedy” Dr Jensen said.

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