US: Jesuit Priests To Pay $100M For Slaveholding
'Our shameful history of Jesuit slaveholding' in US has been taken off the dusty shelf,’ says Fr. Tim Kesicki.
A US Catholic order has reportedly pledged to raise $100 million for the descendants of the slaves it once owned and sold by creating a foundation.
The New York Times reported on Monday that the Jesuit priests' foundation described the move as "one of the largest efforts by an institution to atone for slavery."
"In a landmark undertaking in the pursuit of racial healing and justice, descendants of ancestors enslaved and sold by the Jesuits and the Jesuits of the United States have announced a partnership to create the Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation," the Jesuit priests said in a statement.