Canada’s crisis line callers double after Pope’s residential school apology
People who provide mental health support across the country have been significantly busier helping those with trauma after“As soon as we set up, before the Pope made his first address on Monday, we had seen about 125 people come to us in Maskwacis,” said Nola Jeffrey, executive director of Tsow-Tun Le Lum Society, a substance abuse and trauma help centre that offers traditional and cultural treatment in Lantzville, B.C.
“Callers to the crisis lines are expressing a range of different emotions. For some, the Pope’s visit and apology may be healing and, for others, it may be triggering. Discussions about the harmful legacy of residential schools are important and can also be difficult for many.”‘We’re not stopping here’: Mohawk human rights leader Kenneth Deer discusses Pope’s apology, Doctrine of Discovery
For the Pope’s visit to Alberta, Jeffrey said she drove from B.C. carrying traditional medicines, including cedar and spruce branches, which people brush themselves with to release negative energy. Pope Francis acknowledges ‘sexual abuse of minors and vulnerable people’ by members of Catholic Church“We even had a clergy come to us and the guy that was in charge of security had become depressed and came for help,” she said.
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