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Brandi Morin

The pope apologised for residential school abuses. What next?

Pope Francis apologised on April 1 for the 'deplorable abuses' members of the Catholic Church committed against Indigenous children at residential schools in Canada [Amber Bracken/Al Jazeera]

Warning: The story below contains details of residential schools that may be upsetting. Canada’s Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Crisis Line is available 24 hours a day at 1-866-925-4419.

Canada – Less than a week ago, Pope Francis apologised for the “deplorable” abuses that members of the Roman Catholic Church committed at residential schools that Indigenous children were forced to attend across Canada for decades.

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