LAKE ANDES, UNITED STATES
The Wider Image: Native American survivors of alleged boarding school sex abuse want justice
Julia Gonzalez, 64, who was a student at the former St. Paul’s Indian Mission School, sits at her dining room table near Lake Andes, South Dakota, U.S., September 12, 2021. She has given up on legal efforts to seek damages for sexual abuse she says she endured at the Catholic-run boarding school. The local Catholic diocese for years has contended in court proceedings that it’s not responsible for any purported harm because it didn’t operate the school or have direct oversight of the priests and nuns who staffed it. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare SEARCH "O'HARE YANKTON" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY