'He just had that desire to go the extra mile for people and to build relationships, because with relationships everything was possible.'
A priest whose display of friendship with a Protestant mininster at the height of the Troubles made world headlines had "the desire to go the extra mile", the Bishop of Derry has said.
The Omagh-born Fr Mullan's gesture outside their neighbouring Churches prompted hatred, including death threats against Rev Armstrong who was forced to leave with his family for England. Amongst those paying tribute to the well-known clergyman was Bishop of Derry Donal McKeown, who praised his "whimsical approach" and "huge generosity".
He continued: "He always went the extra mile - with David Armstrong in Limavady, or a photograph in one of the papers last July showing him having plunked his seat at the Orangemen's field in Omagh, chatting away to an Orangman as happy as you like. He continued: "He just had that desire to go the extra mile for people and to build relationships, because with relationships everything was possible. He would write a lot of letters, remember anniversaries, keep in touch with people, all in his own inimitable handwriting."
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