Jean Vanier Sex Scandal: Relations With 25 Women
Between 1952 and his death in 2019, Vanier had sexual relations with at least 25 healthy adult women. L'Arche is an organisation that welcomes people with disabilities. A first investigation (2020) spoke of six cases.
The study admits that only some women presented themselves as victims of an abusive relationship, others as "willing partners". The relatioships were "part of a continuum of confusion, control and abuse".
Vanier worked with Father Thomas Philippe OP (+1993) and followed his mystical-sexual teachings. In 2015, he received the Templeton Prize for services to humanity, and at the end of 2016, he was decorated by the French Legion of Honour.
Many people who joined L'Arche say they knew nothing about the sex circle around Philippe and Vanier. Today, L'Arche operates 150 houses in 38 countries.
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