Senior Sri Lankan Buddhist Monk Arrested for Child Sex Abuse
A senior Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka has been arrested on suspicion of child sexual abuse involving an 11-year-old girl. The 71-year-old monk faces charges related to the alleged crimes.
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Senior Sri Lankan monk arrested for alleged child sex crimes
Pallegama Hemarathana, the chief prelate of Colombo, is accused of abusing an 11-year-old girl in a temple.
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Sri Lankan authorities arrested a senior Buddhist monk on Saturday for the alleged sexual abuse of an underage girl, police said, marking the highest-profile case involving clergy in the country. Pallegama Hemarathana, 71, was arrested at a private hospital in the capital Colombo where he had sought treatment over the weekend amid an investigation into the alleged abuse of the 11-year-old girl in 2022. The crime is alleged to have taken place at a highly venerated temple in Anuradhapura, arou...
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