Residential school survivor on meeting Pope: ‘I’m going to say what happened to us’
“It’s going to be scary,” said Irniq, who was abused by a nun at the age of 11 as a student at the school in Chesterfield Inlet in what is now Nunavut.
Irniq’s voice tapers into silence when he describes a nun’s crucifix swinging overhead as he was being abused in a bathtub.What you need to know about Pope Francis’ mass in Edmonton “Rome is Rome. It’s 4,000 miles away. Say it right here where it happened, where there was cultural genocide. Say it right here to survivors, our parents. It’s going to make a difference.”
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