Conviction Buddhist institutions and contexts Buddhist institutions and lineages Deyang, Sichuan, China · 2019

China: fake monk given a suspended death sentence for rapes under exorcism and luck-changing rituals

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

impostor posing as a Buddhist monk offering 驱鬼 (exorcism), 转运 (luck-changing) and 封痣 (mole-sealing)

Organization

No organization assigned

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The rituals were the access and the threat of supernatural punishment was the silence — belief operating at both ends of the crime.

Exorcism or deliverance
Threatened spiritual consequence

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Proceedings

2019-12-01 · conviction and suspended death sentence

Deyang Intermediate People's Court, Sichuan, China. A man who had briefly been ordained at a Zhejiang temple in 2006–07 and later posed as a monk offering exorcism, luck-changing and mole-sealing rituals was convicted in December 2019 of rape, forcible indecency and child molestation — raping five victims on ten occasions, including two girls under fourteen on six occasions, and molesting three children on seven occasions. He received a death sentence with a two-year reprieve and lifetime deprivation of political rights. He had silenced victims by warning of divine retribution.

Documented coercion mechanisms

ritual services as the route to victims
warnings of divine retribution — that a victim who spoke would be hit by a car

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Sources

official court release reference case entry Supreme People's Court: reference-case entry.: The apex court's own case database.
national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report The Paper (澎湃新闻): court report.: National outlet's court reporting.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.court.gov.cn/zixun/xiangqing/440041.html Corpus classification: official-court-release; evidentiary role: reference-case-entry. SHA-256 eb73d6b711d123627da4dab914da36aacb5d290c8d72971be4b1f65095852e0b
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Source and tier basis: https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_5311969 Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-and-sentencing-report. SHA-256 dc067eb24a5cec5cb353421fff0fe8ee37c63b6b2f8aa46e0521761567f27059
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