Quote:
Originally Posted by wireframe
This isn't a catholic church problem. It's a government of Canada problem. There were just as many schools run by other Christian denominations and some run directly by the government. The reports from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission make it very clear that the government is more responsible for the tragedies at these schools than the churches because they didn't fund or regulate the schools appropriately.
I'm not trying to pick on you specifically. A lot of people are blaming the Catholic church. And I'm also not a fan of the church.
|
I don't disagree with you in principle, but I have one quibble: "there were just as many schools run by other Christian denominations" is not true. The majority were run by the Catholics, more than twice as many as any one denomination of protestant church. From what I recall the Anglican church were next most common, then the United Church, and a smattering of Presbyterian-run schools, but the Catholic Church ran more residential schools than all the rest combined.
The difference is the Catholics haven't atoned for it whatsoever. No apologies, and very deliberate statements that sidestep any culpability. The Anglicans, Presbyterians and United Church publicly apologized decades ago for the schools they ran. They participated in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's investigations, and handed over the records they kept. The Catholic Church has done diddly squat, hence why they in particular are being called out on it.