Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby apologized to survivors of Prairie residential schools during a historic visit to Canada
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of one of the world’s largest Christian denominations, toldtheir stories had “opened a window into hell” as he listened and apologized during a historic visit to Saskatchewan.
Travelling in the James Smith Cree Nation and Prince Alberta, Sask., on the weekend, Reverend Justin Welby, the senior bishop of the Church of England, said his trip to Canada was meant to allow the church to “to repent and atone” in places where its actions did more harm than good. “For building hell and putting children into it and staffing it, I am more sorry than I could ever, ever begin to express,” Welby said to residential school survivors and community leadersChakastaypasin Band Chief Calvin Sanderson, left, and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rev. Justin Welby, right, at the Bernard Constant Community School on the James Smith Cree Nation, on April 30.This is the daily Morning Update newsletter.
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