“It reveals that 72 brothers – including Marie-Dominique Philippe, the French Dominican priest who founded the community – committed abuse between 1975-2022, out of the 871 who made profession in the congregation. The report says some 167 members were victims of the abuse.”
“Cardinal Jozef De Kesel of Mechelen-Brussel (Malines-Brussels) has announced the closure of the Verbe de Vie Community, a post Vatican II charismatic group with a long history of spiritual, psychological and even sexual abuse by at least one of its leaders. To be dissolved on July 1, 2023.”
“Vatican ordered a reform of Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem (FMJ), a "family of communities" set up in Paris in 1975 and now located in Europe/Canada. It follows an "apostolic visitation" to look into sex abuse allegations against the late FMJ founder, Br. Pierre-Marie Delfieux (d. 2013).”
“The Monastic Community of Bose in Northern Italy has elected Sabino Chialà (53), a patristics scholar, as its new prior. It marks the latest stage in a process of returning the mixed ecumenical comm of monks and nuns to a state of normality after forced departure of its founder Enzo Bianchi.”
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Brothers of Saint John issue shocking report on sex abuse by founder and some 70 others
Cardinal disbands charismatic community founded in 1986
Vatican orders reform of religious community after abuse scandal
Monastic Community of Bose elects new leader
