As religious fundamentalism is seemingly on the rise across the globe, this four-part series is a timely reminder that it is no new thing. The Catholic Church’s institutional system of persecution, the Inquisition, ran for more than 500 years, from early in the 13th century to the 18th. We start with the Albigensian Crusade in 1209 against the reformist Cathars of southern France, which produced horrors such as the massacre at Béziers
in which 10,000 citizens were killed in a single day.
The programme almost revels in the gruesome details, with shadowy, blood-drenched reconstructions, and a historian who takes a gleeful delight in demonstrating instruments of torture.
Documentary telling the story of the bloody and menacing work of the Inquisition, established to combat heresy within the Catholic Church. The opening edition focuses on the persecution of the Knights Templar and the Cathars.
WARNING: This video contains details some viewers may find distressing. CBC News has obtained information from survivors of the Kamloops Indian Residential School and death certificates regarding some children’s deaths — including suicides, ...
How some children at the Kamloops residential school died
n 2015, retired Catholic priest Paul-André Harvey from Quebec's Chicoutimi diocese pleaded guilty to 39 charges of indecent assault and gross indecency. Most of his victims were girls between the ages of eight and 10. Harvey was sentenced to six ...
The priest’s confession: What the Catholic bishops knew – The Fifth Estate
Dec 20, 2015, This week the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final report. Among its findings, more details on the scale of tragedy at residential schools. Thousands of children died in that system. And that number only begins ...
St. Anne’s survivor Chris Metatawabin talks about his experience at the notorious school that had an electric chair. Read More: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/st-anne-residential-school-opp-documents
Residential school survivor talks about the electric chair at St. Anne’s school
