A 1997 PROFILE of the Diocese of Qu'Appelle sent to candidates in an episcopal election used the phrase "residential school" once. Today, the successful candidate from that election, Bishop Duncan D. Wallace, 62, finds much of his time occupied by the fallout from that one issue.
The profile said the diocese had to "support the development of indigenous leadership and models of ministry" and foster "greater inter-cultural understanding," but no one at the time could have foreseen the avalanche of lawsuits filed by Natives who claim they were abused in church-operated boarding schools.
The number of suits numbered about 330 as of last June,, said Bishop Wallace in an …