‘Too little too late’: Residential school survivors react to Pope apology
Thomas Samuels speaks at the Kitsumkalum Community Hall after hearing the Pope’s apology. Warning: This report contains details that can be disturbing to some readers
“I have nothing against the Pope or any Christian person. I know that Christianity isn’t about hurting people. It’s those evil people who used Christianity to take advantage of vulnerable children such as myself.” “We heard the screams of the girls upstairs and we knew exactly what was happening, the crew members were abusing the girls up in the crew section.”
“They were running around after the kids just hitting them with the straps. That’s when we knew we were in a whole pile of trouble.” “We were prisoners in a place that was supposed to be a house of learning, but it was just a house of pain and a lot of misery and a lot of anger,” he said. “I just said ‘I just hope it hurts you as much as it’s hurting me…’ That really got them mad because they were losing that power they had over us. They couldn’t torture us anymore.”
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