A charitable organization founded by the late Jean Vanier issued a report Monday saying the Canadian sexually abused at least 25 women during his decades with the group.
L’Arche International commissioned the report, which identified 25 women who experienced a sexual act or an intimate gesture involving Vanier between 1952 and 2019.
But according to the independent findings from a commission of independent French scholars, that number could be higher. “The commission assumes that 25 is lower than the actual number of women concerned,” the report says.
Vanier, son of former governor general Georges Vanier, worked as a Canadian navy officer and professor in Toronto before founding L’Arche. The non-profit group provides alternative living environments where people with developmental disabilities can be full-fledged participants in the community….