Indigenous Catholic priest, Fr. Cristino Bouvette, speaks to the report of the 215 missing children first released in 2021 and what we know today.

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On May 27, 2021, the Kamloops Indian Band announced that groundpenetrating radar had detected the remains of 215 "missing children" at the site of a former residential school. The media quickly picked up the story, with headlines proclaiming the discovery of "mass graves."

Social media exploded.

Churches were vandalized, and some were set on fire.

Catholic Bishops issued apologies.

But was it true?

Fr. Cristino Bouvette, a Catholic priest with Indigenous heritage, brings clarity to the controversy.

Full statement of first statement by Kamloops Indian Band, on May 2021
https://tkemlups.ca/wpcontent/upload...

Updated Statement: May, 2024 on 215 anomalies were detected
https://tkemlups.ca/officesclosedon...

Canada mourns as remains of 215 children found at indigenous school
https://www.bbc.com/news/worlduscan...

Kamloops Indian Residential School Mass Graves: No Bodies Found Despite $8 Million Probe
https://www.msn.com/enin/news/India/...

Terry Glavin: Canada slowly acknowledging there never was a 'mass grave'
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/terr...