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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

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

self-styled reincarnate lama with a fabricated enthronement

Organization

No organization assigned

Spiritual nexus

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

  1. 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'

Primary 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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