La Ferme founded by Jean Vanier "a privileged space for the development of situations of control, abusive acts - particularly sexual - but also for the initiation of disciples."

A legacy too heavy to bear, and the painful memory of numerous abuses committed. This is the reason for the closure, by L'Arche, of the spiritual center La Ferme in Trosly Breuil, opened by Jean Vanier in 1971 and of which Father Marie-Dominique Philippe was chaplain almost until his death.

La Croix explains regarding this closure: "The association associated with it will be definitively dissolved on December 31st. According to the L'Arche community, this decision is based on two major arguments, one economic, the other related to the structure's turbulent history. In the same press release, Pierre Jacquand cites "a highly loss-making economic activity in a place where the size and geographical location do not allow for a return to equilibrium." He then justifies the closure of La Ferme by citing "the dark side of the history of this place, which obscures its influence as a spiritual center of L'Arche."

Commissioned by the community, the independent report on Jean Vanier, published in 2020, indicates that La Ferme "was a privileged space for the development of situations of control, abusive acts - particularly sexual - but also for the initiation of disciples." Father Thomas Philippe is said to have made it a "place conducive to the perpetuation of his practices," the document adds. It was also in Trosly-Breuil, in 1963, that Jean Vanier helped Father Thomas Philippe to settle physically, before joining him a few months later.

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The progressives thought Vanier a living saint.   I met him once.  I thought he was strange to say the least.