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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has formally apologized for the church’s role in inflicting trauma and abuse on generations of Native American children and families through its participation in Indian boarding schools.In it, the bishops lamented that “many Indigenous Catholics have felt a sense of abandonment” by church leaders who don’t understand “their unique cultural needs.”“The Church recognizes that it has played a part in traumas experienced by Native children,” the bishops said.
Clarita Vargas, one of the survivors of Indian boarding school St. Mary's Mission, is pictured on Feb. 20, 2024, in an area where she was assaulted by pastors on the Colville Reservation in Omak, Washington.On Capitol Hill on Tuesday, key senators praised the U.S. Catholic bishops for acknowledging the church’s complicity in what was effectively an era of cultural genocide.
He specifically urged the Senate to pass pending legislation, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act, which would create
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