VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI said Wednesday he was sorry for the abuse and "deplorable conduct" of some church members at Canadian schools that aboriginals were forced to attend.
The pontiff expressed his sorrow during a meeting with victims and representatives of the native Canadians, telling them acts of abuse can never be tolerated by society.
From the 19th century until the 1970s, more than 150,000 Indian children in Canada were made to attend state-funded Christian schools as an effort to assimilate them into Canadian society. Nearly three-quarters of the 130 schools were run by Catholic missionary congregations.
The Canadian government has admitted that physical and sexual abuse in the schools was rampant, and has apologized and offered compensation.
This pope spends a lot of time trying to apologize to the victims of the evil Catholic church.
I expect it'll take many decades to bankrupt them.. but that's what the goal should be.. and getting rid of these complete bullshit tax exemptions is a good start.
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