Posts Tagged ‘Catholic church residential schools’

Catholic Church charity set up to pay residential school survivors spent $6.46-million on expenses

Thursday, August 26th, 2021

A Catholic Church organization formed to compensate residential school survivors spent $6.46m, or more than a quarter of its funds on expenses. The organization also returned nearly $600,000 to church organizations after a 2015 court settlement, financial records obtained by The Globe and Mail reveal. The documents detail the finances of the Corporation of Catholic Read more

Saskatchewan judge refuses to release Residential School document

Thursday, August 5th, 2021

A judge in Saskatchewan is refusing to release a document outlining how the Catholic Church fulfilled Residential School reparations to First Nation people. The alleged document details $25 million in “in-kind” services the Catholic Church provided as compensation for Residential school survivors — one of their obligations in the Residential School Settlement of 2006. Court Read more