‘In the name of God’ | Native American children suffered sexual abuse at Catholic-run schools

For decades, priests, brothers and sisters raped or molested Native American children who were taken from their homes by the U.S. government and forced to live at remote boarding schools, a Post investigation found.

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‘In the name of God’ - Native American children suffered sexual abuse at Catholic-run schools

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Yup. It wasn’t just in Canada.
A Catholic run institution that abused children? That's never happened before.
- It's pretty much every institution which has had charge over kids, particularly when the parents weren't in a position to withdraw them from it. The Catholics have central organization and record-keeping, so we hear about it.
  
  Sad as it is, you're right, this isn't an isolated thing. It happens far too often.
  
  As a Catholic, thank you for mentioning this.