The riots - what’s your story?

Tottenham on fire - image ICN

In Boris Johnson’s address to the Conservative Party conference yesterday, he pledged to take steps to draw young people away from gang culture in light of August’s riots.

Fr John Moffatt SJ, chaplain to a Jesuit school in the North London area where the troubles began, thinks that the way forward after this summer’s events is to listen to the stories of all of those involved in the riots – if we don’t understand one another’s narratives, how can we write a new one for our society?

To read Fr John's reflection on Thinking Faith see: www.thinkingfaith.org/articles/20111005_1.htm