Prime Minister of Canada denounces church for calling for Indigenous deaths in US and Canadian News

UN rights experts have called on Canada and the Catholic Church to conduct in-depth investigations after the remains of indigenous children were found in the former residential school, the Prime Minister of Canada has blown up the church for ignoring past crimes.

There was a mass grave of 215 indigenous children find last month at the Kamloops residential school in British Columbia, which operated between 1890 and 1978 under the auspices of the Catholic Church and later the Government of Canada.

“We urge the authorities to conduct a full investigation into the circumstances and responsibilities of these deaths, including forensic examinations of the remains found, and to identify and record the missing children,” said nine UN human rights experts. statement on Friday.

They asked the Canadian government for direction similar studies in all the former residential schools in the country, which were created to forcibly assimilate indigenous children.

According to the statement, criminal investigations should also begin on suspicious deaths and allegations of torture and sexual violence against children in schools, schools, they said.

UN experts say that perpetrators and concealers who may still be alive should be tried and punished, adding that it is “unthinkable” for Canada and the Vatican to leave such “heinous crimes” unresolved and unresolved.

Trudeau explodes the church

On Friday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on the Catholic Church to “take responsibility” and publish records of indigenous people in residential schools under his leadership.

He warned that his government was ready to take “stronger measures,” perhaps through the courts, to obtain the documents requested by the families of the victims if the church did not comply.

“As a Catholic, I am very disappointed with the attitude that the Catholic Church has taken now and in recent years,” Trudeau said at a press conference.

He recalled his trip to the Vatican in May 2017, where he apologized to Pope Francis for student abuse, as well as access to church records, to count more than 4,100 students who died of disease or malnutrition.

“We are still seeing resistance from the church,” Trudeau said.

Asked if the government would force the disclosure, the prime minister replied: “I think, if necessary, we will take stronger measures.”

But he added: “Before I start taking the Catholic Church to court, I’m very hopeful that religious leaders will understand that it’s something they need to be involved in.”

Danielle Morrison, a lawyer and member of the Anishinaabe Nation, told Al Jazeera that the Canadian government was expected to take action against the church at this time.

He said for decades calls had been made to force the Roman Catholic Church to release its archives and to commit and convict surviving suspects who committed crimes against indigenous peoples.

“Right now, seeing that the world is watching, them [the government] In fact, I have no other choice but to take legal action or denounce the Catholic Church, ”he added.

The discovery of remains at the school has turned Canada into a convulsion, mainly due to the fact that there have officially been only 50 dead.

The school was one of the many boarding schools created a century ago to forcibly assimilate the indigenous people of the country.

The church should “go up”

Trudeau called on Canadian Catholics to “reach out to local (parishes), bishops and cardinals and make it clear that we hope the church will take responsibility and take responsibility and be there in mourning and healing, even with records.”

“It’s something that other churches … have done. We’re still waiting for the Catholic Church to do that,” he said.

“We need to be truthful before we talk about justice, healing, and friendship.”

About 150,000 First Nations, Inuit and Metis children were enrolled in 139 of these residential schools across Canada. Students were stripped of their culture and language by principals and teachers who were physically and sexually abused.

These experiences have been attributed to the high incidence of poverty, alcoholism and domestic violence, as well as high suicide rates in indigenous communities.

In Kamloops, Rosanne Casimir, head of Tk’emlups te Secwepemc, who sought the help of British Columbia forensics to help identify student remains and causes of death, told reporters that the tribe had never received any documents from the Immates of Mary Immaculate. school.

The church “wants forgiveness,” he said, “public forgiveness, not just for us, for the world … demanding church accounts.”