Dunedin’s Catholic bishop expresses sympathy for Foveaux Strait victims and their families

On behalf of the Catholic diocese of Southland and Otago Bishop Colin Campbell has expressed sympathy for the victims of the Foveaux Strait boating tragedy and their families.

“On behalf of the Catholic Diocese of Southland and Otago, I wish to express my deepest and prayerful sympathies for those who have drowned in this recent tragedy in Foveaux Strait. Our prayers and thoughts are with their grieving families. At Mass today in Wellington, I prayed for those who have died and for the families and friends affected, and asked those at Mass to keep them in their prayers”.