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France: lama at the Temple of a Thousand Buddhas sentenced to 12 years for raping disciples and their children

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

resident lama ('Lama Tempa') at the Kagyu Temple des Mille Bouddhas

Organization

Temple des Mille Bouddhas, La Boulaye (Kagyu)

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The victims were his disciples and children raised inside the temple community under his religious authority.

Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
Ritual, oath, or initiation

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Proceedings

2018-12-19 · conviction and sentence

Cour d'assises de Saône-et-Loire, France. Karma Tshojay, a Bhutanese-origin lama known as Lama Tempa at the Kagyu 'Temple of a Thousand Buddhas' in La Boulaye, was convicted on 19 December 2018 of rapes and sexual assaults committed from the 1990s into the 2000s against four women — disciples or disciples' children, including a girl raped from age eleven and another molested at nine while living in the community — and sentenced to twelve years, with civil damages to each victim. A second monk tried alongside him was acquitted.

Documented coercion mechanisms

religious authority over disciples and children raised within the temple community

Cited record

Sources

national broadcaster court reporting verdict and sentencing report 'Saône-et-Loire : un moine bouddhiste condamné à douze ans de prison pour viols', Europe 1, Dec. 2018.: National broadcaster's report of the assize verdict.
national broadcaster court reporting verdict report TRT World report on the conviction.: Independent international corroboration.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.europe1.fr/societe/saone-et-loire-un-moine-bouddhiste-condamne-a-douze-ans-de-prison-pour-viols-3824390 Corpus classification: national-broadcaster-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 7e68876cd56fe54b3edb9c250f1d164db2d11815e169095f2ce3123fbbb9c8b5
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Source and tier basis: https://www.trtworld.com/article/12712581 Corpus classification: national-broadcaster-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-report. SHA-256 2051ceda51da12c75b87cc904f7004591e0ab01d1ef446e5c07c804baecdf8e8
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