Archbishop Justin Welby apologises for "building hell, putting children into it and staffing it"

REBLOG from May 4, 2022

Readers are advised this story mentions the physical and sexual
abuse of Indigenous children in institutions. There are no graphic
accounts included, but the subject matter may be triggering for some
people. 

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby delivered an unequivocal
apology to children, grandchildren and survivors of Canadian residential
schools over the weekend, describing their experiences as “a bit of
hell” that was “built by the Church and in the name of the Church.”

The Anglican Church leader met with dignitaries from Indigenous
governments from James Smith Cree Nation and the Federation of Sovereign
Indigenous Nations, which represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan.
There, he heard the stories of school survivors about how the
residential school system ripped families apart, raised self-doubt and
self-confidence issues and left them with traumas as a result of sexual
and physical abuse.

“It is the rawest, wickedest, most terrible thing, to molest a child
while you read them the Bible,” a sombre Welby told the group after
hearing the harrowing accounts.

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