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23 January 2017

Anglican Church admits it 'helped to create' conditions for suicide crisis in Wapekeka First Nation

The Anglican Church of Canada says it will continue working with First Nations in northern Ontario to confront the "legacy of brokenness" created by a pedophile priest who worked in remote communities in the 1970s and 80s.
Ralph Rowe worked as a priest and boy scout leader and flew a plane with the Anglican Church logo into remote First Nations in northern Ontario where his "abuse was massive in its scope and horrendous in its impact," said a statement on Friday from Michael Thompson, general secretary of the Anglican Church of Canada.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/anglican-church-wapekeka-1.3945253