Tanya Tungilik is the daughter of the late Marius Tungilik, the first Inuk to speak out about abuse in residential school in 1992. Here, she shares the full text of the address she prepared for the Pope in Iqaluit Friday.
IQALUIT, Nunavut Pope Francis begged for forgiveness for the evil perpetrated by “not a few” Catholics as he wrapped up Friday a six-day visit that saw celebration and criticism for his repeated apologizes for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in cultural assimilation and residential schools.
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