Shattered: Catholic community confronts its founder’s lies
NICOLE WINFIELD, of Associated Press, reports on the fallout from revelations surrounding the conduct of the late founder of L’Arche, Jean Vanier…
French religious orders demand change over L’Arche abuses
Vatican CityAP The umbrella group of Catholic religious orders in France is demanding church authorities assume responsibility for horrific evidence of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse in L’Arche, once a pre-eminent lay community dedicated to people with developmental disabilities. Sister Veronique Margron, president of the conference of religious orders in France, issued a devastating analysis […]
Catholic Church: Trial of lay leader highlights gaps in church’s sex abuse oversight
CLAIRE GIANGRAVÉ, of Religion News Service, reports from Catania, Italy, on the trial of Piero Alfio Capuana, lay leader of the Catholic Culture and Environment Association…
SIGHT-SEEING: THE LINE RUNNING THROUGH EVERY HEART
NILS VON KALM reflects on recent events and Jesus’ call to take the log out of our own eye before trying to take the speck out of someone else’s…
ESSAY: JEAN VANIER AND THE CORRUPTING POWER OF SEXUAL SIN
US Catholic commentator CHARLES C CAMOSY reflects on the news this week that L’Arche founder John Vanier has abused at least six women…
L’Arche founder Jean Vanier engaged in “manipulative” and “emotionally abusive” sexual relationships with six adult women – report
Jean Vanier, the deceased founder of the L’Arche organisation which supports people with developmental disabilities in communities around the world, engaged in “manipulative sexual relationships” with at least six adult women, according to an internally commissioned report. The report was based on an investigation carried out by independent UK consultancy GCPS at the behest of […]
POSTCARDS: VANIER IS GONE, BUT HIS CHRISTIAN MODEL FOR LIVING ALONGSIDE THE DISABLED TAKES ROOT
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports…
ESSAY: JEAN VANIER, A “GOOD BLOKE” WHO LIVED IN COVENANT WITH THE “VULNERABLE, HUMILIATED, AND OPPRESSED”
Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche and Faith and Light – global organisations dedicated to providing a sense of community for people with intellectual disabilities, died on 7th May at the age of 90. Australian EILEEN GLASS, a former vice-international leader with L’Arche, writes about Vanier’s impact locally…
“INTRINSICALLY WORTHY”: JEAN VANIER’S LEGACY TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on the passing of L’Arche founder, Jean Vanier…
ON THE SCREEN: ‘SUMMER IN THE FOREST’ A POWERFUL VISION FOR A DIFFERENT WAY OF LIVING
DAVID ADAMS watches ‘Summer In The Forest’…