“And perhaps I m naive but I m a man of faith, I m not Catholic, I’m Protestant. I ve spent time in those institutions, I have good faith in others, I am hopeful in all this…I expect people to follow a court process and if there s any suspicion that these documents would be eventually subpoenaed, then those institutions have an obligation.” The Catholic Church oversaw the majority of residential schools in Canada and unlike other churches, like the United and Presbyterian churches, it has not formally apologized for the damage they caused to Indigenous Peoples. On May 28, the remains of 215 Indigenous children were found at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Since, then, there have been calls by First Nations leaders, human rights advocates, and opposition politicians for accountability and support from all levels of government as well as cooperation by the Catholic Church to find answers.
The RCMP has opened an investigation into the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., after the remains of 215 children were found using ground-penetrating radar.