It is so painful and difficult to learn about what happened in the Residential Schools. And even more painful when we realize that all these terrible atrocities were committed against children. Everything was taken from them—their parents, their families, their customs, their homes.
How is it possible that people who preached God’s Commandments—including “Love your neighbour as yourself”—could have committed such crimes?
I know I wasn’t the only one crying and feeling the pain. Just imagine families and Indigenous communities carrying this knowledge for over a hundred years while no one listened.