Nobody is debating that many of the residential schools attracted predators, who then abused many of the students.  That even one student was abused is one too many.  The crying shame is that virtually all the abuse would have been avoided had the schools been built on the reserves, so the students would go home to their parents each night.  But it's too late to change the past.

The senator and several on this board are not minimizing the horrible damage caused to many by the schools.  They are only acknowledging that not all schools had predators, not all the students were abused, and the schools were not the equivalent of the Nazis' extermination camps.

I hope you heal from the abuse you endured.  You sound like an intelligent, principled person who cares very much about the welfare of others - the world could use a few more people like you.