A Private Funeral for Alfie Evans Will be Held on Monday; He Would Have Turned Two This Week

Dorothy Cummings : May 11, 2018
LifeSiteNews.com

Dearly loved by his parents and extended family, Alfie's life was both tragic and short. The parental rights battle over his care captured the world's attention, with Pope Francis even making available a military plane to fly the toddler to the Bambino Gesu hospital in Rome.

(Liverpool, England)— [LifeSiteNews.com] A private funeral for Alfie Evans will be held on Monday, May 14. (Photo: Alfie with his mom in April/ Facebook/via LifeSiteNews)

Alfie Evans, the English toddler whose parents fought his doctors for the right to have him transferred to another hospital, died on April 28. He survived for almost five nights after being suddenly removed from life support. Alfie's funeral will take place at an undisclosed location.

The press and the general public will not be admitted. Instead, supporters of the little boy and his parents, Tom Evans and Kate James, are invited to line the streets outside Liverpool's Goodison Park between 11 and 11:30 AM that day.

The Merseyside Police have issued a statement saying that a small number of officers will be at the funeral. They ask also that members of the public who have not been invited avoid both Alfie's wake and his funeral.

Through Twitter, Chief Inspector Gibson stated: "We respect that this is a very difficult time for Alfie's family, friends and the wider members of the public and appreciate that a number of people will want to pay their respects and offer their condolences."

"Alfie's mum and dad, Tom and Kate, continue to thank the community for their support but have asked us to ask well-wishers to respect their privacy during the event," he continued.

"Both the funeral and the wake will not be open to the public or media, with our attendance purely being to offer support for those attending the funeral. Those who have not been invited to the funeral are asked to avoid the area to allow Alfie's family to grieve privately."

It is not widely known in what "area" the funeral will be.

Had he continued to live, Alfie would have turned two on May 9. On his birthday, hundreds of his supporters gathered for a vigil in Liverpool's Springfield Park, bringing flowers and balloons, candles and cupcakes...

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