"Forgiving the perpetrator is a means of dealing with your internal issues and ensuring you’re not embittered by the experience."

"For me forgiveness started with first forgiving the system, then forgiving my mum and eventually forgiving myself."

"Forgiveness became the vehicle I used to stay within my own humanity."

"Forgiveness doesn’t mean saying I’m OK with what he did, it means I can continue with my life in a more peaceful frame of mind."

"I hoped to find some sense of closure from finally meeting the man who had killed my child."

"My journey to healing started with self-forgiveness and then it became compassion."

"I used to feel that if I forgive Jacob it meant I’d forgotten James but now that Jacob has done so well forgiving him feels really natural."

"Through forgiveness I’ve learnt that love doesn’t die."