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In 1963, Father Thomas was living in Trosly-Breuil, a village ten kilometers from Compiegne. He was the chaplain for Val Fleuri, an institution that welcomed about thirty men with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
[Marie-Dominique Philippe] and his brother, Thomas Philippe, also a priest, are accused of having sexual relations with several nuns for more than 20 years.
L'Arche International wishes to make the findings of the recent investigation public and at the same time protect the confidentiality of the women who testified, so we have created the following summary from the full report by GCPS and the historical work by Antoine Mourges.
The inquiry was commissioned in 2019 by the nonprofit charity after suspicions were raised as far back as 2014 by 'two women denouncing serious sexual misconduct' committed by Thomas Philippe, a Catholic priest and scholar whom Mr. Vanier considered a spiritual father.
The report noted similarities with the pattern of abuse of the Rev. Thomas Philippe, a Catholic priest Vanier called his 'spiritual father'. Philippe, who died in 1993, has been accused of sexual abuse by several women. A statement from L'Arche International said analysis of archives shows that Vanier 'adopted some of Father Thomas Philippe's deviant theories and practices'. Philippe was banned from exercising any public or private ministry in a trial led by the Catholic church in 1956 for his theories and the sexual practices that stemmed from them.
Dominican archives show that Fr Thomas was suspended from public ministry by Rome but he ignored this.
Pere Thomas Philippe, O.P. (1905-1993) was a teacher of philosophy and theology besides carrying on the apostolate of preaching, giving recollections, retreats and spiritual direction.
L'Arche International wishes to make the findings of the recent investigation public and at the same time protect the confidentiality of the women who testified, so we have created the following summary from the full report by GCPS and the historical work by Antoine Mourges.
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