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b"Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries.\\nWhen Jean Vanier died last year at age 90, his life and his ministry of working with people with disabilities was nearly universally celebrated.\\n\\u201cWe don\\u2019t often find people born into privilege and status, and highly educated, who then follow the downward path of Jesus,\\u201d wrote Bethany McKinney Fox. \\u201cBut as founder of L\\u2019Arche International, Vanier spent decades in community with people with and without intellectual disabilities and embraced the joys, complications, and demands that go along with such a life.\\u201d\\nThen, last weekend, L\\u2019Arche International released a report, looking over a 30-year span, stating that multiple women told an investigative team about experiences of sexual assault with Vanier.\\n\\u201cThe relationships involved various kinds of sexual behavior often combined with so-called \\u2018mystical and spiritual\\u2019 justifications for this conduct,\\u201d it stated. The report went on to say that the women provided, \\u201csufficient evidence to establish that Jean Vanier engaged in manipulative sexual relationships with at least 6 adult (not disabled) women. This number does not presume that there were no other cases, but takes into account spontaneously received testimony.\\u201dThis news comes at a time when many are undoubtedly exhausted by the number of scandals and exploits of high-profile leaders.\\u201c\\nRight now, that this is starting to feel very routine is pointing to the fact that the church has done a very poor job of dealing with issues of sexuality and spirituality and power,\\u201d said Ruth Haley Barton, the founder of the Transforming Center, an ecumenical leadership organization.\\n\\u201cWe just don't talk about them and we haven't helped our leaders in our clergy know how to be with themselves around these issues.\\u201d\\nFor Barton, one of the keys for leaders is submitting themselves to spiritual direction.\\n\\u201cIt really is almost a non-negotiable if you want to stay the course and stay on your own journey of transformation, stay on your own journey of encounter with God while you are leading others,\\u201d she said. \\u201cYou've just got to have this place outside the limelight where you can bring your whole self.\\u201d\\nBarton joined digital media producer Morgan Lee and editorial director Ted Olsen to discuss how to handle anger when learning these frustrating revelations, how to look at the relationship between power and sexuality, and how to process this seemingly never-ending bad news of disappointing leaders without losing your faith.\\nWhat is Quick to Listen? Read more\\nRate Quick to Listen on Apple Podcasts\\nFollow the podcast on Twitter\\nFollow our hosts on Twitter: Morgan Lee and Ted Olsen\\nRead If You See Something Say Something\\nLearn more about the Transforming Center\\nListen to Quick to Listen: Episode 160: Jean Vanier\\u2019s Faith Convicts All of Us\\nMusic by Sweeps\\nQuick to Listen is produced by Morgan Lee and Matt Linder\\nThe transcript is edited by Bunmi Ishola\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"