Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church said that under the indigenous assimilation policy that took place in Canada from the 19th century to the 1990s, a large-scale abuse was carried out at a boarding school run by the Catholic Church. I visited and apologized to the indigenous people.
In Canada, from the 19th century to the 1990s, under indigenous assimilation policies, approximately 150,000 children were separated from their parents and placed in boarding schools run by the Catholic Church, many of whom 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 visited Alberta in western Canada on the 25th at a rally near the site of a boarding school. I apologize to the indigenous people. "
"The apology is not the end, but the beginning. What is important is a sincere investigation into the facts that have occurred in the past and support for the survivors of the boarding school," he said. Showed the idea that
In Canada, the remains of 215 children were found on the site of a boarding school in the west last year, and 751 tombs were found around the site of a boarding school in the center, raising calls for Pope Francis to apologize. rice field.