Canada: Excavations find no mass graves at residential schools

St Jean Baptiste Church, Morinville, Alberta

Source: Iona Institute

Two years ago, claims emerged in Canada that mass graves of indigenous children were found in residential schools run by Catholic and other religious groups.

There was an instant outburst of public anger, some of it implicitly endorsed by Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and in the aftermath of the claims, at least 83 churches were burned or vandalised.

However, since then, not one single mass grave has been discovered, despite several excavations. It appears that initial reports were grossly exaggerated, Dr Angelo Bottone states, in his report for the Iona Institute for Religion and Society.

Dr Bottone writes: "At the time, horrific announcements were based on the unsubstantiated presupposition that some anomalies in the soil at the sites of the old schools detected by ground-penetrating radars were unmarked mass graves.

The Catholic and the Anglican Church, which administered those schools on behalf of the Canadian government, were accused of genocide.

After three weeks of attacks on churches, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the vandalism was wrong but 'understandable given the shameful history we are becoming more aware of.'

However, no human remains had been unearthed then, and the most recent dig in the basement of a Catholic church in Manitoba also yielded no remains. This is the third excavation case that has turned up no results....

To read on see: https://ionainstitute.ie/sensationalist-claims-about-canadian-mass-graves-prove-unfounded/