The report implied that the children attending the residential schools did not largely benefit from the education and cultural experience that the schools provided, and that those working in the schools were mostly cruel and uncaring representatives of Christian churches.
'In celebrating a progressive lurch to the left that says all spiritual beliefs have equal validity or even that pagan ones are more authentic, this pontiff surely tarnished his legacy while defaming the memory of the thousands of priests, nuns, Catholic brothers, and lowly workers, many of them indigenous people...'
Catholic author Michael O’Brien, who was in a residential school for three years, told LifeSiteNews the chief underlying issue of the institutional abuse of children was the government’s unjust removal of First Nation children from their families by the state authorities. There were ‘long-term psychological and social effects of this.’