Donna knew something wasn’t right when Thomas Philippe came to her room. Cecilia hid the truth even from herself. Judy thought she just wasn’t “holy enough” to understand.

In this episode, three women who were sexually and spiritually abused at L’Arche by Jean Vanier and Thomas Philippe tell their stories. You’ll learn how each of them suffered, but also how they’ve worked together to find healing and justice. You’ll also hear from Rachael Clinton Chen, an expert who helps people recover from spiritual and sexual abuse.

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Lead Us Not is a podcast from Sojourners magazine. This episode was produced, written, and edited by Jenna Barnett, with executive production and story editing by Betsy Shirley. Sound design and mixing by JP Keenan; fact-checking and additional producing by Mitchell Atencio. Tiarra Lucas designed our podcast cover. Our theme music is by Borrtex and by Yehezkel Raz.

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