Residential school survivors lied: priest
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In this April 8, 2010 file photo a cross sits on top of a church in Berlin, Germany. A Winnipeg archdiocese says a priest who suggested residential school survivors were lying to get money is no longer allowed to preach or teach publicly. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Markus Schreiber
WINNIPEG – An archdiocese in Manitoba will no longer allow a Catholic priest to preach publicly or teach after he suggested during a sermon that residential school survivors lied to get settlement money.
“His words have deeply, deeply hurt people,” said Archbishop Albert LeGatt in a video posted on the Archdiocese of Saint Boniface’s social media Thursday.
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In this April 8, 2010 file photo a cross sits on top of a church in Berlin, Germany. A Winnipeg archdiocese says a priest who suggested residential school survivors were lying to get money is no longer allowed to preach or teach publicly. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Markus Schreiber July 29, 2021 - 3:51 PM
WINNIPEG - An archdiocese in Manitoba will no longer allow a Catholic priest to preach publicly or teach after he suggested during a sermon that residential school survivors lied to get settlement money.
âHis words have deeply, deeply hurt people,â said Archbishop Albert LeGatt in a video posted on the Archdiocese of Saint Boniface s social media Thursday.
“If they wanted extra money, for the money that was given to them, they had to lie sometimes,” Forest told parishioners.
“Lie that they were abused sexually and, oop, another $50,000. It’s kind of hard if you are poor not to lie.”
The services were broadcast on social media through the church’s Facebook page. CBC News captured the videos before they were deleted earlier this week.
Forest also said if students were abused, it wasn’t by priests. He suggested it was by night watchmen.
Forest also claimed that the media is evil and run by freemasons.
LeGatt said he is sorry for pain the priest’s remarks caused to Indigenous people, particularly residential school survivors.
I completely disavow his words.
The priest, Rhéal Forest, made the comments during a handful of masses at St. Emile Catholic Church in Winnipeg earlier this month. Forest was filling in for the parish’s regular priest.
During one service, Forest said he worked in the North for 22 years and believes students enjoyed their time at residential schools. He also suggested survivors claimed they were victims of sexual abuse to get settlement money. If they wanted extra money, for the money that was given to them, they had to lie sometimes, Forest told parishioners. Lie that they were abused sexually and, oop, another $50,000. It’s kind of hard if you are poor not to lie.