2014: Canada Clergy- survivors of residential schools

 Edmonton Archbishop Jerry Wood apologizes to survivors of residential schools on behalf of the Catholic Bishops of Alberta and the Northwest Territories.  (From the 1870s to 1996, some 150,000 aboriginal children in Canada were taken from their families and sent to residential schools, where many of them were abused.)

To: 
survivors of Indian residential schools
From: 
Catholic Church
Year of Apology: 
2014
Footnote: 
Ellwand, Otiena. “Bishops issue apology for residential schools.” Montreal Gazette. February 25, 2014. pA11.