The news of the attack spread like wild fire, the attack on the Clonard area, and men came speeding from their work, to protect their homes, to protect their families, to protect their church. And goodness knows they had very little with which to protect themselves. Comparatively speaking you could say that the men in this district were defenceless. Within the space of one hour I anointed five people, on the road out there. Fearing a real massacre I got on the phone, and I had to go across the roadway to do it because our phone was out of order. I got on to the offices of the GOC of the
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