“‘No,’ my girls said, ‘absolutely not.’ That’s essentially the same response I’ve always got from them when I’ve asked if they want to come to the football with me, or to Mass.”
Adrian, who revealed he has been a Roman Catholic since 2007, shares daughters Evelyn, 20, and Sian, 17, with ex wife Jane Garvey.
He recalled: “As a much-loved priest said to me once, ‘I’m not sure children should come to Mass; they’re never going to find God through the Church, but they might find the Church through God.’ Which I suppose is what happened to me.
“I enjoy talking about all this, and I also happen to very much enjoy walking. So, when the offer came in to do this Pilgrimage I really couldn’t resist.”
