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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WORCESTER – Evidence in the murder trial of Matthew Vanier this week included testimony from two people close to him who corroborated aspects of the prosecution’s case. “Don’t ask things you don’t ...

PARIS (AP) — Jean Vanier, a Canadian religious figure whose charity work helped improve conditions for the developmentally disabled in multiple countries over the past half-century, has died at 90. A ...

Friends and colleagues of the founder of L’Arche, who died Tuesday in Paris at the age of 90, tell the Register about his profound impact on them and on the world. Jean Vanier (l) chats with his dear ...

When Jean Vanier entered the room, it was buzzing with grace. It was as if the air was buoyed in warmth. Across the room, sensing the presence of someone holy, our friends and housemates—L’Arche “core ...

Madeline Burghardt teaches at York University in Toronto and is the author of Broken: Institutions, Families, and the Construction of Intellectual Disability. I met Jean Vanier, once. Strangely, it ...

Jean Vanier, the long-revered founder of L'Arche, an organization of communities dedicated to caring for people with intellectual disabilities, engaged in sexually abusive relationships with at least ...

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 ...

(RNS) — The founder of L'Arche homes believed disabled and able-bodied people could live side by side as equals. (RNS) — Jean Vanier’s ministry to people with developmental disabilities began with a ...