Victims of sexual abuse forced to ‘suck it up’ for sake of child perpetrators, warns Jess Phillips

Former safeguarding minister calls for sentencing guidelines review and fears crime now seen as ‘content for an eyeball economy’ The former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips has said victims of sexual offences committed by children are being asked to “suck it up” for the sake of their attackers’ rehabilitation and called for a review into sentencing guidelines. In the past month, cases of teenage boys given lenient sentences after being convicted of rape and sexual assault have provoked pub...

By Sammy Gecsoyler

Senior Sri Lankan monk suspended over child sex abuse allegation

Pallegama Hemarathana is accused of abusing an 11-year-old girl in a Buddhist temple in 2022.

Sri Lanka’s top monk suspended over alleged child sex abuse

Sri Lanka’s Buddhist hierarchy suspended on Saturday a senior monk accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl, in a high-profile case that has shocked the religiously conservative nation. In a rare disciplinary move, 71-year-old Pallegama Hemarathana was stripped of his responsibilities as the chief custodian of a highly venerated ficus grown from a sapling of a tree believed to have sheltered the Buddha. “The Council of Monks of the Malwatte Chapter decided today to suspend Ven....

By Agence France-Presse

Sri Lanka’s top monk suspended over alleged child sex abuse - The Straits Times

Sri Lanka’s top monk suspended over alleged child sex abuse  The Straits Times

Sri Lanka’s top monk suspended over alleged child sex abuse

Sri Lanka’s top monk, Pallegama Hemarathana, has been suspended over alleged child sex abuse, shocking the conservative nation. Read more about the high-pr Read More: https://punchng.com/sri-lankas-top-monk-suspended-over-alleged-child-sex-abuse/

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Fuel prices increased from midnight - Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka

Fuel prices increased from midnight  Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka