Catholics pull out of AMC residential school group
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Representatives from the Catholic Church have withdrawn from a joint Aboriginal committee investigating the legacy of residential schools in Manitoba.
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Joint Working Group on Residential School
was established in December 1990 to examine the effects of residential schools on First Nations and propose methods for healing.
But last month political battles between Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) and church representatives escalated into a pitched media war, with accusations of bad faith flying from both parties.
