Residential school survivor on meeting Pope: ‘I’m going to say what happened to us’
Global News
Peter Irniq, along with many other Inuit, believe the Catholic Church could do more to make priests who abused children in Inuit communities face justice.
It won’t be easy for Peter Irniq, a residential school survivor, to meet Pope Francis in Iqaluit next week.
“It’s going to be scary,” said Irniq, who was abused by a nun at the age of 11 as a student at the school in Chesterfield Inlet in what is now Nunavut.
“It’s going to be awesome to see the Pope because he was made out to be the very authority of the Roman Catholic Church. A lot of things will be going through my mind.”
He’ll welcome Pope Francis. But Irniq, on behalf of all Inuit who were taken to residential schools, will have a few things to say as part of the official delegation meeting the pontiff.
“I’m going to say what happened to us.”
He doesn’t mince words. He calls what happened kidnapping and rape.
And a simple papal apology, no matter how heartfelt, isn’t going to be enough.
“His church is very rich. He should be providing money for loss of culture, loss of language.”
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