'They will never forget. There has to be recognition of that.' The sister of Troubles' victim Gerard Kiely says government descriptions of 'drawing a line' under the past is unhelpful as legacy bill is debated
Mary Kiely was 11 when her mother and a priest came into her bedroom in the middle of the night to tell her that he brother had been killed.He was shot dead with his friend Kevin Ballantine as they left Mass in St Brigid's Church in south Belfast in 1975.
"I look back on that and feel a bit guilty that I denied his existence but it was easier to cope with that."Mary Kiely has never spoken publicly before about her brother's shooting during the Troubles "She came in and sat down and said 'it's terrible what happened to your brother, tell me about it' and I talked and talked and talked. It was the first time anyone had asked me about him in my life."Troubles legacy legislation, due for its second reading in the House of Lords on Tuesday, has given Ms Kiely food for thought.
"Some people want retribution but I don't feel the need to know that to recover and heal, but my experience is unique to me.
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