Kahnawake votes to remove priest’s remains
Kahnawake has voted to remove the remains of a Jesuit priest buried 23 years ago near their church, a man accused, but never convicted, of sexual abuse. Léon Lajoie’s remains will be removed and buried elsewhere by the Jesuits.
Mentioned in passing in this piece (the links go to French and English versions of the same CP story) is that Mohawk traditionalists don’t vote. It would be interesting to know more about how a traditional community would come to a consensus, if not by voting.
Bob R 10:32 on 2022-03-28 Permalink
I do not know what the statistics are for sexual abuse crimes, but I do know that for rape, in the US, only 1 in 200 rapes results in a conviction. That is a rate far below that of, for example, murder. That rape and sexual abuse crimes typically target people other than adult white men may be related to this.
Until such time that our systems of justice are changed to alter this horrific fact, justice is going to look different than court convictions.