And the fact he's only reflecting on that now.
"I think that is the correct question: Why we are surprised?" said Molina. "Why we didn't know before? With our lack of knowledge, with our lack of action, with my lack of understanding."
'If it is necessary to say in a more official way, that yes we recognize this happened, and offer an apology, why not?' asks Molina.(Steve Bruce/CBC)
Molina posted on social media this week that he is personally sorry for the Church's actions.
The Charlottetown diocese issued its own apology online.
"The truth, as painful as it is, needs to be heard," said Father Brian MacDougall, speaking on behalf of the diocese in the written statement. "This is the only way for authentic healing and reconciliation between the Indigenous peoples and the Church.