Dozens of churches are vandalized and torched in Canada

– after hundreds of unmarked graves were discovered at sites of former residential schools for Indigenous children run by the Catholic church

By CHRISTOPHER EBERHART FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

• Dozens of Christian churches on Indigenous lands in Canada have been torched or vandalized since June
• Countersignal.com estimates there have been about 45 acts of arson or vandalism to Canadian Christian churches or places of worship since June 
• The attacks came after the discovery of 1,000 graves of indigenous children near residential schools – many of which were run by the Catholic Church
• These institutions were part of an abusive system that the country’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission called ‘cultural genocide’ in 2015 
• No arrests have been made, although several churches in Canada are completely burned down 
• The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops said the pope will meet separately at the Vatican with the Canada’s three biggest Indigenous groups in December