Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church apologizes for the massive abuse of boarding schools run by the Catholic Church in Canada under the indigenous assimilation policy of the 19th and 1990s. Did.
In Canada, from the 19th century to the 1990s, indigenous children were separated from their parents and placed in boarding schools run by the Catholic Church under the assimilation policy of indigenous peoples, where many children were abused and killed. It was revealed that it had been dropped, and the Canadian government accused the policy of the time as "cultural genocide" in a report compiled in 2015.
Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church met with a delegation of indigenous peoples of Canada in Vatican on the 1st, saying, "I am angry and ashamed that the Catholics involved in the education were involved in the abuse. I express my strong sadness from the bottom, "he said and apologized.
In response, a representative of the indigenous peoples of Canada welcomed, "It's historic. This apology is necessary and very grateful."
Last year in Canada, the remains of 215 children were found on the site of a boarding school in western British Columbia, and around the site of a boarding school in central Saskatchewan, 751 without grave markers. The grave has been confirmed.