Two hours after the Sacred Heart's fire was reported on June 21, St Gregory's, just 30 miles down the road and also on indigenous lands, had gone up in flames. A third, St Ann's, followed suit.
Fire chiefs said the timing of the blazes, which began on National Indigenous People’s Day, did not seem coincidental.
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The Catholic St Jean Baptiste church was among those burned down in Morinville, Canada.
No one has claimed responsibility, but the suspected arson attacks came after more than 1000 unmarked graves believed to hold Indigenous children were discovered at three former schools operated by the Catholic Church.