compassionately

"It just could have been handled much more compassionately," says Ms Packer, "causing less trauma than they did."

They repeated the Church's apology to victims and said anyone who comes forward "will be heard and responded to carefully and compassionately by safeguarding professionals".

No playwright of the modern era has more compassionately — or accurately — dramatized the human consciousness of time, loss and the gap between hope and reality.

How do you compassionately get rid of the things your immigrant parents hold onto that are piling up in their home?

They understand that their characters desperately want to be seen, acknowledged and, most of all, compassionately witnessed.