A diocese in Kentucky apologized Saturday after videos emerged showing students from a Catholic boys‘ high school mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial after a rally in Washington.
The Indigenous Peoples March in Washington on Friday coincided with the March for Life, which drew thousands of anti-abortion protesters, including a group from Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills.
Videos circulating online show a youth staring at and standing extremely close to Nathan Phillips, a 64-year-old Native American man singing and playing the drum.
Other students, some wearing Covington clothing and many wearing „Make America Great Again“ hats and sweatshirts, surrounded them, chanting, laughing and jeering.
In a joint statement to the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington and Covington Catholic High School apologized to Phillips. Officials said they are investigating and will take „appropriate action, up to and including expulsion.“
„We extend our deepest apologies to Mr. Phillips,“ the statement read. „This behavior is opposed to the Church’s teachings on the dignity and respect of the human person.
