Thread by @sunlorrie

Now let's look at how grownups deal with this issue.
'Not in solidarity with us': Indigenous leaders call for church arsons to stop: ctvnews.ca/canada/not-in-… #cdnpoli

https://twitter.com/VancouverManne/status/1413293820343582725

'Residential school survivors and Indigenous leaders are calling for unknown arsonists to stop burning down churches after more than a dozen Christian places of worship were set on fire and vandalized recently.'

“Burning down churches is not in solidarity with us indigenous people. As I said we do not destroy people's places of worship,” said Jenn Allan-Riley, an assistant Pentecostal minister at Living Waters Church, in a press conference on Monday.

"We're concerned about the burning and defacing of churches bringing more strife, depression and anxiety to those already in pain and mourning."

Cheryle O’Sullivan, a residential school survivor, said during the press conference the fires were reminiscent of how Indigenous totem poles and ceremonial houses were burned to the ground when European settlers first came.

“Some residential school survivors have remained Catholic, and now have lost their place of worship and comfort.”