WARNING: This story contains distressing details.
For 58 years, Norman Yakeula kept part of his residential school experience hidden, sharing only pieces at a time to protect himself from feeling the pain of the open wounds that remained.
But after travelling to Rome to hear from Pope Francis, Yakeula, 63, asked to sit down with CBC News to share a long-hidden part of his story.
“I got this at five years old,” said Yakeula, as he lifted up the pink dress shirt he wore to Friday’s final audience with the Pope, First Nations, Inuit and Métis delegates at the Vatican.
