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Truth and Reconciliation Commission

On January 31, 2009 The Anglican Journal reported that the remaining Truth and Reconciliation Commissioners have resigned effective June 1, 2009. The General Synod responded with the news that TRC breakthrough welcomed and the statement from Mr. Justice Iacobucci on the weekend.

The BBC also picked up this news story in Lorraine Mallinder's article that reports that from the late 19th Century up to the 1970s, an estimated 150,000 Aboriginal children were seized from their parents and sent far away to state-funded, church-run schools...