Canada bishops’ group said Francis would not offer personal apology for residential school system that abused generations of childrenSurvivors of Canada’s residential schools contain expressed dismay after Pope Francis refused to apologize on behalf of the Catholic church for a system that abused thousands of indigenous children for generations. The schools,many of which were sprint by missionaries, were used to convert indigenous children to Christianity through a governmental policy of “aggressive assimilation”. More than 150000 children passed through around 80 schools across the country until the last one closed in 1996.
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Source: guardian.co.uk