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Hundreds gather in Morristown to honor victims of Orlando shooting

Bishop Beckwith shows orange stole
By: 
Kevin Coughlin / Morristown Green

[Morristown Green] Hundreds held hands and sang songs by candlelight Wednesday on the Morristown Green, and heard eloquent clergy members try to find hope in the tragedy of Orlando.

There were tears, and entreaties to counter hatred with love. And there was anger, at the violence that took 49 innocent lives at a gay nightclub over the weekend.

“We’re here to say, the curse cannot continue,” thundered Episcopal Bishop Mark Beckwith, at an interfaith service at Morristown’s Episcopal Church of the Redeemer.

“There is no reason on God’s green earth that anyone, legally or illegally, should be able to use an AR-15, for any reason,” Beckwith said, to rousing applause.

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See also

Episcopal News Service: Episcopalians hold vigils for Orlando shooting victims

Daily Record: Interfaith vigils for Orlando victims in Morristown, Boonton, Dover,
PHOTOS: Church of the Redeemer hosts Interfaith Vigil for Orlando

Morris NewsBee: Hundreds come out for vigil for Orlando victims at Church of the Redeemer in Morristown

Morristown Green: 'It can happen anywhere' : Greater Morristown grieves Orlando together

Videos

Bishop Beckwith's remarks (video produced by Morristown Green):

Photo gallery set to Ana Hernandez's song Sending You Light (video produced by the Rev. Cynthia Black):