Conviction Buddhist institutions and contexts Buddhist institutions and lineages Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada · 2021

Canada: head monk of a Winnipeg Lao temple convicted of sexual interference against two girls

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

head monk of Wat Lao Xayaram, Winnipeg

Organization

Wat Lao Xayaram, Winnipeg

Spiritual nexus

The girls belonged to families of the temple community over which the head monk held religious authority — the access ran through that standing.

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2021-12-01 · conviction; sentence reduced on appeal (conviction stands)

Manitoba court, Canada. The head monk of Wat Lao Xayaram, a Lao Buddhist temple in Winnipeg, was convicted in December 2021 of sexual interference against two girls of the temple community and sentenced in 2022 to eleven years. On appeal the sentence was reduced following a cancer diagnosis; the conviction itself stands.

religious standing over families of the temple community and access to their children

Primary record

national public broadcaster sentencing report CBC News, Manitoba: sentencing report.: National public broadcaster's court reporting.
national public broadcaster appellate outcome report CBC News, Manitoba: appeal outcome.: Confirms the sentence reduction and that the conviction stands.

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