A father of eight who tragically lost three of his children in a car accident has forgiven and received Holy Communion alongside the man responsible for their deaths.
In February 2020, the children of Danny Abdallah, from Sydney, Australia, were walking to buy ice cream to celebrate a birthday when Samuel Davidson, who was three times over the legal alcohol limit and under the influence of drugs, mounted the curb and struck them.
The crash resulted in the deaths of four children, three of whom were Abdallah's and one his niece. Davidson was sentenced to a maximum of 28 years in prison after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of three children and to charges relating to injuries caused to three others. His sentence was later reduced to 20 years, with a non-parole period of 15. He is imprisoned at Cessnock Correctional Centre, a maximum security prison in New South Wales, where he spends around 17 hours a day in his cell.
