Christopher Hansard Vancouver 1993-1994
Posted by:
heartquest
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Date: July 05, 2007 05:47AM
For those who have enquired, Christopher Hansard first came to Vancouver in 1993 and 1994 to do retreats and workshops. He also taught some of the spiritual practices of Dur Bon to those who wanted to be students of the path. He said he was not a guru but a spiritual friend who could teach these practices to students.
His friends, supporters, students and workshop/retreat attendees grew rapidly in that short period of time.
Why did he stop coming? There were allegations of sexual misconduct from one student. Christopher Hansard denied misconduct, however there was sufficient cause for many of his students to seriously question his behaviour, and there was quite a furor. The result was that Christopher Hansard shut down all communication with his students here.
It seems that Christopher Hansard’s behaviour has deteriorated since then, with more accusations of sexual impropriety from clients and apprentices.
It is said that he is seeking help and changing his ways. He seems to be a rather slow learner for such an intelligent man, given that he’s had 13 years to learn from the debacle in Vancouver. That experience should have been a sufficient warning for him, so it seems unlikely that he will really change his ways or seek the help he may need.
Even if he is helping people as a medical practitioner, this does NOT absolve him from the harm he is doing.
Who is to know if he continues with sexually inappropriate behaviour as it seems to be behind closed doors and without the knowledge of his apprentices or others in the clinic? Yes, I think he should be stopped from practicing for a long period of time, as any medical practitioner should be held accountable for sexually inappropriate behaviour with clients, given the immense amount of emotional harm it caused them, the isolation they experienced, and the long term healing required. And that's only the women we have heard from so far. How many were there? And what is he doing to help those he hurt?
I don’t know much about his later visits to Canada, except that most people who came to his events in 1993/94 did not want to attend the later events, and that they were not held in Vancouver itself, but on Vancouver Island and other parts of Canada.
His friends, supporters, students and workshop/retreat attendees grew rapidly in that short period of time.
Why did he stop coming? There were allegations of sexual misconduct from one student. Christopher Hansard denied misconduct, however there was sufficient cause for many of his students to seriously question his behaviour, and there was quite a furor. The result was that Christopher Hansard shut down all communication with his students here.
It seems that Christopher Hansard’s behaviour has deteriorated since then, with more accusations of sexual impropriety from clients and apprentices.
It is said that he is seeking help and changing his ways. He seems to be a rather slow learner for such an intelligent man, given that he’s had 13 years to learn from the debacle in Vancouver. That experience should have been a sufficient warning for him, so it seems unlikely that he will really change his ways or seek the help he may need.
Even if he is helping people as a medical practitioner, this does NOT absolve him from the harm he is doing.
Who is to know if he continues with sexually inappropriate behaviour as it seems to be behind closed doors and without the knowledge of his apprentices or others in the clinic? Yes, I think he should be stopped from practicing for a long period of time, as any medical practitioner should be held accountable for sexually inappropriate behaviour with clients, given the immense amount of emotional harm it caused them, the isolation they experienced, and the long term healing required. And that's only the women we have heard from so far. How many were there? And what is he doing to help those he hurt?
I don’t know much about his later visits to Canada, except that most people who came to his events in 1993/94 did not want to attend the later events, and that they were not held in Vancouver itself, but on Vancouver Island and other parts of Canada.
Christopher Hansard Vancouver 1993-1994
Posted by:
heartquest
()
Date: July 05, 2007 08:03PM
Hello Moderator,
As a newly joined member, in error I posted as "new topic" rather than "reply" to the Christopher Hansard thread, thinking it referred to the Subject Line. Can you please move my post to join the main thread? Thank you.
Hello from Canada,
For those who have enquired, Christopher Hansard first came to Vancouver in 1993 and 1994 to do retreats and workshops. He also taught some of the spiritual practices of Dur Bon to those who wanted to be students of the path. He said he was not a guru but a spiritual friend who could teach these practices to students.
His friends, supporters, students and workshop/retreat attendees grew rapidly in that short period of time.
Why did he stop coming? There were allegations of sexual misconduct from one student. Christopher Hansard denied misconduct, however there was sufficient cause for many of his students to seriously question his behaviour, and there was quite a furor. The result was that Christopher Hansard shut down all communication with his students here.
It seems that Christopher Hansard’s behaviour has deteriorated since then, with more accusations of sexual impropriety from clients and apprentices.
It is said that he is seeking help and changing his ways. He seems to be a rather slow learner for such an intelligent man, given that he’s had 13 years to learn from the debacle in Vancouver. That experience should have been a sufficient warning for him, so it seems unlikely that he will really change his ways or seek the help he may need.
Even if he is helping people as a medical practitioner, this does NOT absolve him from the harm he is doing.
Who is to know if he continues with sexually inappropriate behaviour as it seems to be behind closed doors and without the knowledge of his apprentices or others in the clinic? Yes, I think he should be stopped from practicing for a long period of time, as any medical practitioner should be held accountable for sexually inappropriate behaviour with clients, given the immense amount of emotional harm it causes, and the long term healing often required, and the feeling of isolation that these women experienced. And that’s only the ones we have heard from so far. How many are there? What is he doing to help those he hurt?
I don’t know much about his later visits to Canada, except that most people who came to his events in 1993/94 did not want to attend the later events, and that they were not held in Vancouver itself, but on Vancouver Island and other parts of Canada.
As a newly joined member, in error I posted as "new topic" rather than "reply" to the Christopher Hansard thread, thinking it referred to the Subject Line. Can you please move my post to join the main thread? Thank you.
Hello from Canada,
For those who have enquired, Christopher Hansard first came to Vancouver in 1993 and 1994 to do retreats and workshops. He also taught some of the spiritual practices of Dur Bon to those who wanted to be students of the path. He said he was not a guru but a spiritual friend who could teach these practices to students.
His friends, supporters, students and workshop/retreat attendees grew rapidly in that short period of time.
Why did he stop coming? There were allegations of sexual misconduct from one student. Christopher Hansard denied misconduct, however there was sufficient cause for many of his students to seriously question his behaviour, and there was quite a furor. The result was that Christopher Hansard shut down all communication with his students here.
It seems that Christopher Hansard’s behaviour has deteriorated since then, with more accusations of sexual impropriety from clients and apprentices.
It is said that he is seeking help and changing his ways. He seems to be a rather slow learner for such an intelligent man, given that he’s had 13 years to learn from the debacle in Vancouver. That experience should have been a sufficient warning for him, so it seems unlikely that he will really change his ways or seek the help he may need.
Even if he is helping people as a medical practitioner, this does NOT absolve him from the harm he is doing.
Who is to know if he continues with sexually inappropriate behaviour as it seems to be behind closed doors and without the knowledge of his apprentices or others in the clinic? Yes, I think he should be stopped from practicing for a long period of time, as any medical practitioner should be held accountable for sexually inappropriate behaviour with clients, given the immense amount of emotional harm it causes, and the long term healing often required, and the feeling of isolation that these women experienced. And that’s only the ones we have heard from so far. How many are there? What is he doing to help those he hurt?
I don’t know much about his later visits to Canada, except that most people who came to his events in 1993/94 did not want to attend the later events, and that they were not held in Vancouver itself, but on Vancouver Island and other parts of Canada.
Christopher Hansard Vancouver 1993-1994
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Date: July 05, 2007 08:12PM
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