Bill DonohueOn June 14, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a report on boarding schools for Native American children, some of which were run the Catholic Church. From 1869 to the 1960s, the government removed thousands of these children from tribal lands and placed them in boarding schools. The WaPo report, which claims “pervasive” abuse in Catholic-run boarding schools, readily confesses that “lists of accused priests are inconsistent and incomplete, and many survivors have not come forward. Why didn’t they investigate the boarding schools run by the government? They are interested in having a federal commission do a more thorough investigation of the assimilative polices of Indian boarding schools.

Source: Washington Post June 24, 2024 20:03 UTC