Parents Of Abdul-Rahman (Peter Kassig) Offer Message Of Mourning, Forgiveness

Peter Kassig's Parents Offer Message Of Mourning, Forgiveness
Ed and Paula Kassig, parents of Peter Kassig, speak during a news conference Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, in Indianapolis. Peter Kassig was captured Oct. 1, 2013, while delivering aid in Syria through a relief organization he founded. The White House confirmed Peter Kassig's death Sunday, Nov. 16 after the Islamic State group released a video showing that Kassig had been beheaded. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Ed and Paula Kassig, parents of Peter Kassig, speak during a news conference Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, in Indianapolis. Peter Kassig was captured Oct. 1, 2013, while delivering aid in Syria through a relief organization he founded. The White House confirmed Peter Kassig's death Sunday, Nov. 16 after the Islamic State group released a video showing that Kassig had been beheaded. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

In their first public appearance since their son's execution, the parents of Indianapolis humanitarian worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig spoke not of anger but of healing, saying that their "hearts are battered, but they will mend."

Ed and Paula Kassig briefly addressed the media Monday afternoon at Epworth United Methodist Church in Indianapolis, a day after learning their son, 26, had been killed by the Islamic State group.

The militant group, also known as ISIS or ISIL, announced in a video early Sunday that it had beheaded their son, drawing swift rebukes from around the globe.

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