Two weeks ago, what are believed to be the unmarked burial sites of children's remains were found at the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. His successor, Pope Benedict, expressed sorrow for the suffering of residential school students in a 2009 statement, Dunn said. In 2018, Dunn, who was then bishop of the diocese of Antigonish, and his predecessor, Archbishop Anthony Mancini, personally apologized for the church's conduct at the Shubenacadie Residential School in Nova Scotia. The Shubenacadie Residential School operated from 1929 to 1967 in Shubenacadie, N.S., about 45 minutes northeast of Halifax. The Shubenacadie Residential School was managed by the Archdiocese of Halifax and Yarmouth and staff of the Sisters of Charity.

Source: CBC News June 11, 2021 18:52 UTC