Since the news broke Saturday morning that Jean Vanier had coercive, nonconsensual and abusive sexual encounters with at least six adult women, my social media feeds have been filled with folks trying ...

During the investigation, the inquiry received “credible and consistent testimonies” from six adult women without disabilities that Jean Vanier initiated sexual behaviors with them often “in the ...

The revelation that Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche and the associated Faith and Light movement, had sexual relationships with at least six women over some three decades elicits shock and pain on many ...

Pope Francis told reporters May 7 he had been kept informed about Jean Vanier's failing health and had phoned him a week before his death. "He listened to me, but he could barely speak. I wanted to ...

Jean Vanier, founder of the L'Arche communities, is pictured in a Feb. 17, 2015, photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Jean Vanier Association) I keep a photo of Jean Vanier on my desk. It is painful to look at ...

Read more of Judy Valente's May 4, 2006 interview in Chicago with Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche, a worldwide network of communities for the mentally disabled.

Jean Vanier poses after receiving the Templeton Prize at the church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London last May. (Alastair Grant/AP) With the passing of Jean Vanier on May 7, the sum of the world’s ...

(RNS) — Jean Vanier did not make a life focused on his own power. Quite the opposite, in fact. He made a life focused on the power of those with intellectual disabilities. A power that could change ...

Independent investigation found at least six victims were coerced into sex by the celebrated Catholic leader, who died last year. L’Arche founder Jean Vanier, who helped improve conditions for the ...

Jean Vanier, founder of the L'Arche communities, appears in the documentary "Summer in the Forest." (CNS photo/Abramorama) Editor’s note: An internal investigation commissioned by L’Arche officials ...