East London - The Anglican and Catholic churches confessed and begged forgiveness yesterday for contributing to the oppression of countless blacks during apartheid rule.
The two denominations were among a number of Englishspeaking Christian groups to offer broad apologies at a special hearing here of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission inquiring into apartheid-era human rights abuses. Anglicans and Catholics both voiced varying degrees of opposition to apartheid during its final years.
