The Shadow Side of Jean Vanier

Many people on my social media feeds saying they just feel betrayed personally almost because they held him in such high esteem he was such a valuable spiritual writer mentor. I think it's to do with something in our culture that either wants people on pedestals or wants them crashing down on the floor and isn't prepared to live with the real complexity of life. Jean Vanier was a visionary he saw that something needed to be done and my goodness it was a hugely self sacrificial thing. The emotional cost of what he did I imagine was eating away at him and was emerging in other unhealthy ways so one needs to say we need structures of accountability.