Shattered: Catholic community confronts its founder’s lies

Doctor Loredana Moretti, right, jokes with Riccardo Mure' inside the Chicco community of L'Arche, an International charity that helps people with intellectual disabilities, in Ciampino, near Rome, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)Doctor Loredana Moretti, right, jokes with Riccardo Mure' inside the Chicco community of L'Arche, an International charity that helps people with intellectual disabilities, in Ciampino, near Rome, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Over time, Philippe resumed his priestly ministry as his Dominican superiors ignored the Vatican sanctions, at which point Vanier, a layman, founded L’Arche. ADVERTISEMENTThe study commission identified at least 25 women whom Vanier abused, none of them intellectually disabled. It determined that Vanier and Philippe’s deviant practices didn’t extend beyond the core “sect” at the original community in northern France.