You might think that. I don't want to dox myself by divulging too much, but I know that there are no-bullshit heavy hitters amongst the clergy and lay (i.e. in the Catholic Church in Canada) that are throwing down in ways the media won't cover but are seismic. Just not in Quebec.
Trust me, buddy, I get you and think you've raised some fair points and concerns.
I'd like to highlight one example. The Toronto dioceses never ran a residential school; it has nothing whatsoever to do with them (there is no national Canadian Catholic Church despite ridiculous suggestions to the contrary, discounting ~2000 of the Roman diocesan system). Some activist put hundreds of orange ribbons around the Cathedral downtown--I don't know if it occurs to them that orange is a color long associated with anti-Catholicism and anti-Irish bigotry.
Now, to take down these ribbons, themselves constituting a libel, would give the activist a photo-op and an opportunity for the CBC to seek another unwarranted and innocent pound of flesh. I'm surprised a lay Catholic hasn't taken them down, but understand that it would only serve to engage the professionally offended.
Also note: many of the wealthy dioceses in the West had nothing to do with the residential schools and didn't operate them (e.g. Calgary). It was actually in the 90s when the protestant churches made a deal to pay up then, despite themselves also not bearing much if any 'guilt' in many circumstances. The Catholic churches refused and for good reason. That's part of the reason why post-TRC, there are many in the grievance industry keen to extort money they believe is owing. (Sadly, much of the diocesan funds taken in those regions where residential schools had existed had been earmarked for charitable causes, and instead ended up being claimed by individuals who presented no evidence and were permitted to offer testimony without cross-examination.)
You might think that. I don't want to dox myself by divulging too much, but I know that there are no-bullshit heavy hitters amongst the clergy and lay (i.e. in the Catholic Church in Canada) that are throwing down in ways the media won't cover but are seismic. Just not in Quebec.
Trust me, buddy, I get you and think you've raised some fair points and concerns.
I'd like to highlight one example. The Toronto dioceses never ran a residential school; it has nothing whatsoever to do with them (there is no national Canadian Catholic Church despite ridiculous suggestions to the contrary, discounting ~2000 of the Roman diocesan system). Some activist put hundreds of orange ribbons around the Cathedral downtown--I don't know if it occurs to them that orange is a color long associated with anti-Catholicism and anti-Irish bigotry.
Now, to take down these ribbons, themselves constituting a libel, would give the activist a photo-op and an opportunity for the CBC to seek another unwarranted and innocent pound of flesh. I'm surprised a lay Catholic hasn't taken them down, but understand that it would only serve to engage the professionally offended.
Also note: many of the wealthy dioceses in the West had nothing to do with the residential schools and didn't operate them (e.g. Calgary). It was actually in the 90s when the protestant churches made a deal to pay up then, despite themselves also not bearing much if any 'guilt' in many circumstances. The Catholic churches refused and for good reason. That's part of the reason why post-TRC, there are many in the grievance industry keen to extort money they believe is owing. (Sadly, much of the diocesan funds taken in those regions where residential schools had existed had been earmarked for charitable causes, and instead ended up being claimed by individuals who presented no evidence and were permitted to offer testimony without cross-examination.)