In October 2019, the General Chapter of the Brothers of Saint John asked the Prior General to set up an interdisciplinary commission with the mission to establish what links exist between the high number of instances of sexual abuse committed by the members of the Family of Saint John and the personal and family history of Father Marie-Dominique Philippe OP (1912-2006), their founder. Today, after more than three years of work, the Commission submitted its report. Entitled “To understand and to heal – Origins and Analyses of the Abuse within the Family of Saint John”, the report totals 800 pages. The Brothers of Saint John is making it public, conscious of the gravity of the deeds it details and their dramatic consequences.