WINNIPEG, MANITOBA (CANADA)
Winnipeg Free Press
March 3, 2020
By John Longhurst
A report last month revealed that L’Arche founder Jean Vanier, a respected Canadian religious figure, sexually abused at least six women.
Revelations that Jean Vanier, the founder of L’Arche, sexually abused at least six women continues to reverberate throughout the Roman Catholic and wider church world.
Vanier, who died in 2019 at age 90, wrote 30 books. Christian bookstores and publishers are among those dealing with the fallout of last month’s report on Vanier’s “manipulative sexual relationships.”
In Winnipeg, Stephanchew’s Church Goods took the only book by Vanier in the store off its shelves.
“The news shocked and horrified me,” said owner Gilles Urquhart. “I expected more of him. What he did was unacceptable. I will not sell his books anymore.”
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