Catholic Church and B.C. First Nation unveil covenant on residential schools

The leader of Vancouver’s Roman Catholic archdiocese says the church was wrong to administer residential schools in British Columbia, and he hopes a newly released covenant with a First Nation can act as a road map for redress.

“It’s a living, dynamic statement of moving to the future in hope. By embracing these commitments, and the shared truths outlined in the document, we have a solid foundation. The archdiocese has also committed to full transparency in providing records and making available historians and archivists to identify children missing from residential schools.

“It takes everybody at every level to be walking that path and journeying together. So I would encourage others to also build and establish those relationships, to be able to take those meaningful steps.”

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Catholic Church and B.C. First Nation unveil covenant on residential schoolsThe covenant between the archdiocese, the Tkemlups te Secwepemc and the Diocese of Kamloops was signed in March, about three years after the First Nation said about 200 possible unmarked burial sites had been found around the former school.
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