Cape Breton University has issued a public apology for remarks a Roman Catholic priest made about residential schools during a recent speech to a graduating class. The university, based in Sydney, N.S., says Rev. Norman MacPhee was telling graduates about a school in Honduras that he helped establish when he described Fatima House as a \u201cresidential school.\u201d Speaking during a convocation ceremony last Thursday, the 91-year-old Cape Breton priest followed up by saying, \u201cResidential schools don\u2019t get good press, but this one gets very good press in Honduras.\u201d Later in the day, the university responded with a statement saying the priest had good intentions, but it noted that references to residential schools carry a \u201cdeeply painful legacy\u201d for Indigenous people in Canada. The university had invited MacPhee to the ceremony… <\/p>\n
Cape Breton University has issued a public apology for remarks a Roman Catholic priest made about residential schools during a recent speech to a graduating class. The university, based in Sydney, N.S., says Rev. Norman MacPhee was telling graduates about a school in Honduras that he helped establish when he described Fatima House as a \u201cresidential school.\u201d Speaking during a convocation ceremony last Thursday, the 91-year-old Cape Breton priest followed up by saying, \u201cResidential schools don\u2019t get good press, but this one gets very good press in Honduras.\u201d Later in the day, the university responded with a statement saying the priest had good intentions, but it noted that references to residential schools carry a \u201cdeeply painful legacy\u201d for Indigenous people in Canada. The university had invited MacPhee to the ceremony... <\/p>\n