Jean Vanier
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We have learned, again, not to make living saints out of anybody
- Health & Family
- March 19, 2020, 06:01
I met Jean Vanier once and was as surprised as others to read reports of his inappropriate sexual activity with a number of women. This seems to have(...)

McAleese threatens to leave Catholic Church if Vanier story not explained
- Religion & Beliefs
- March 4, 2020, 01:00
Former president Mary McAleese has written to Pope Francis saying she will leave the Catholic Church “if it transpires that the Holy See failed to act(...)

Breda O’Brien: There is something particularly vile about Jean Vanier
- Opinion
- February 29, 2020, 01:00
When the news about Jean Vanier’s manipulative sexual abuse of at least six women broke, it was profoundly depressing. Decades ago, I witnessed him ar(...)

‘We didn’t know L’Arche founder had a darker side’
- Religion & Beliefs
- February 24, 2020, 00:32
Shock within the Irish branch of L’Arche, the international charity for people with intellectual disabilities, turned to concern on Sunday that a sex (...)

Archbishop: Sex abuse of women by L’Arche founder ‘reprehensible’
- Irish News
- February 22, 2020, 12:04
Catholic Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has described as “particularly reprehensible” the actions of the late L’Arche founder Jean Vanier after (...)

Who was L’Arche founder Jean Vanier?
- Irish News
- February 22, 2020, 01:00
Jean Vanier, who founded the L’Arche communities for adults with intellectual disabilities, died at the age of 90 last May. The following month, L’A(...)

Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche communities, dies aged 90
- Education
- May 7, 2019, 19:12
Tributes have been paid in Ireland and internationally to Jean Vanier, founder of the L’Arche community for people with intellectual disabilities, who(...)