Conviction New religious movements Guru-led movement or ashram Jinan, Shandong, China · 2021

China: false 'living Buddha' sentenced to 25 years for raping sworn disciples

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Convicted

Authority role

self-styled reincarnate lama with a fabricated enthronement

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The complainants were sworn disciples bound by oaths of lifelong obedience, and the defendant used fabricated doctrines of 'body empowerment' and 'dual cultivation' to compel sexual submission — the claimed lineage was the instrument.

Guru or spiritual-teacher authority
Ritual, oath, or initiation
Sacred sex, purity, or sexual-energy claim
Threatened spiritual consequence

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2021-02-01 · conviction on final appeal and sentence

Jinan Intermediate People's Court, Shandong, China. Wang Xingfu, a former prison-system official who fabricated a Tibetan identity and staged an enthronement to pose as the reincarnate Living Buddha 'Lobsang Danzeng', was convicted of rape and forcible indecency against female disciples, alongside cult-organisation and illegal-business offences, and sentenced to 25 years. Reporting records roughly 200 million yuan extracted from followers over about a decade.

Documented coercion mechanisms

oaths of lifelong obedience sworn by disciples
fabricated doctrines of 'body empowerment' and 'dual cultivation'

Cited record

Sources

state media court reporting verdict report '央视揭假活佛10年骗了2亿…', CCTV via Qianlong (2021).: Chinese state broadcaster reporting the final verdict, the 25-year sentence, the fabricated lineage, and the doctrinal coercion of disciples.

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Source and tier basis: https://china.qianlong.com/2021/0202/5367697.shtml Corpus classification: state-media-court-reporting; evidentiary role: verdict-report. SHA-256 067789839a4a79c24a9f48f6754967588a1b338eaa2a202b752aabcd9d3ae4ba
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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