The Beatitudes Community’s murky past is under the spotlight. A series of scandals has been casting a shady light on some members. The Community, which has links to New Zealand, is a 50-year-old French Catholic group. It was inspired by the Catholic Charismatic movement Located in Leithfield, North Canterbury, the Beatitudes Community is in the Read more
“Spiritual abuse,” inflicted by the lay founders, or religious superiors, using their aura and spiritual power, often on young and fragile personalities, has distressed and surprised the Catholic bishops’ in France. Responding to the ‘human damage’ caused by the leaders of fourteen new ecclesial (church) communities, President of the France Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Georges Pointer, says Read more
The French charismatic movement, the Community of the Beatitudes, has admitted that its founder Gerard Croissant was a sexual abuser. “The Community is deeply ashamed of Ephraim’s behavior and expresses its sympathy with all the people who have been abused by him,” a statement on its website says. The Beatitudes Community says Croissant’s crimes were Read more