A Catholic archdiocese that includes parts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Ontario released long-awaited residential schools records this week.
The news comes as religious leaders face accusations they are keeping information about the largely church-run institutions secret.
Archbishop Murray Chatlain says the Keewatin-Le Pas archdiocese gave the documents to the Winnipeg-based National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation on Monday.
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That was one day before his testimony at a Senate committee that is studying the withholding of records.
Chatlain says an archdiocese staff member found a box of files containing some residential school lists in 2021, and they agreed to digitize the records in consultation with the national centre.
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But he says copies had been shared only with a local historical society to date, and the records didn’t make their way to the centre until Monday.
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