Remains of hundreds of children found at second Catholic-run indigenous school in Canada

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It follows a similar discovery at a Catholic school in the country last month.

A memorial in memory of indigenous children in Canada Image: Jeff Mcintosh/PA A memorial in memory of indigenous children in Canada Image: Jeff Mcintosh/PA HUNDREDS OF UNMARKED graves have been found near a second former Catholic residential school for indigenous children in Canada.

It revived calls on the Pope and the Catholic Church to apologise for the abuse and violence suffered by the students at such boarding schools, where children were forcibly assimilated into the dominant culture of settlers. Perry Bellegarde, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, said the news was “absolutely tragic, but not surprising”.

 

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I am a Canadian indigenous woman living in Ireland. Thank you from my whole heart for reporting on this. IndigenousLivesMatter

Any sign of Terry Prone?

Why?

Seems as though this was policy across the globe within these organisations. Someone, somewhere at a meeting decided to do this and they all went along with it. Still don't understand how these sites weren't crime scenes...

Horrendous and nauseating

Sick

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