New religious order closed down after decades of abuse

Cathcon ^ | 13/8/2022 | Chris

[Gillibrand1]

The Community of the Word of Life will be dissolved

The Charismatic Community of the Word of Life, founded in 1986, will be dissolved as of 1 July 2023. Gathered at the Abbey of Andecy, in the Marne region of France, its members learned of Cardinal Jozef de Kesel's decision on 25 June 2022. The Community of the Word of Life brings together men and women of all states of life - lay people, consecrated persons and clerics - in two possible ways of belonging: community of life and community of covenant.

The Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, guarantor of the community, took this decision after a canonical visitation that took place from January to April 2022.

[GingisK]

With decades of history, was it really new?

[who_would_fardels_bear]

In Church terms it’s still a fetus.

[GingisK]

Sort of like Scientology, I presume.

[xxqqzz]

Wow, I didn’t know that there were religious orders founded after the 17th century. Was the abuse greater than that of other orders? Were they being sued too much?

[GingisK]

Was the abuse greater than that of other orders?

Uh-Oh. That attracts attention.

[Republican Wildcat]

That was my reaction as well.

[daniel1212]

Thanks but why leave the basic pertinent details out? 300 words are allowed for excerpts:

The spiritual guide of The Community of the Word of Life from 1986 to 2013, Jacques Marin, a worker-priest of the Mission de France, was accused by several women of sexual abuse during the sacrament of confession. He died in 2019, after a canonical trial a few years earlier which forbade him from exercising the ministry of confession. He was author of "Europe, where is your God?" and "To love is to forgive".... The founding couple inoculated an unhealthy and manipulative governance, which infused itself among their close collaborators. Despite their departure, at least 20 years ago, the community has not really been able to get out of this situation.