Seminaries & Residential Schools: Polar Opposites

A Reflection by Richard Thain, DDS, OC Board Member, October 29, 2024


                                         Seminary:                                                                                              Residential School:

 

                                         Elitist, you are superior                                                                        You are inferior


                                         Build you up                                                                                          You are worthless

 

                                         Strengthen your Catholic culture                                                       Destroy your Indigenous culture 

 

                                         Better than society                                                                              Second-class citizen

 

                                         Above the law                                                                                      You must obey 


 

Researchers publish names of priests, religious who served in Canadian residential schools

By Patricia Grell • June 4, 2025
Bishop Accountability - May 30, 2025 Winnipeg, MB - In May 2025, the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation published a list of over 100 Oblate priests and brothers who worked in Canadian residential schools. The list aims to support transparency, accountability, and healing for Indigenous communities. These schools, many run by the Oblates, were part of a system that forcibly assimilated Indigenous children and led to widespread abuse. The release helps centralize scattered records and acknowledges the Church’s role in this dark chapter of Canadian history. 

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The Eastern Graphic - May 28, 2025 Georgetown, ON - A retired Catholic priest appeared in Georgetown Provincial Court on Thursday facing three sex-related charges stemming from the late 1980s against a minor. The 79-year-old man is charged with sexual touching of a person under 14 and sexual assault. He was also charged under Section 159 of the Criminal Code, which prohibited anal intercourse except between a husband and wife or people over the age of 18. That section has since been repealed but was in effect at the time.
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