{"id":111,"date":"2011-09-20T16:45:35","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T16:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/?p=111"},"modified":"2011-09-20T16:45:35","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T16:45:35","slug":"london-chief-buddhist-thero-65-held-by-rape-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/london-chief-buddhist-thero-65-held-by-rape-cops\/","title":{"rendered":"London Chief Buddhist Thero, 65, held by rape cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Colombo Telegraph &#8211;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_119\" style=\"width: 526px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/pahalagama-somaratana-thera4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119\" title=\"Pahalagama Somaratana Thera,\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/pahalagama-somaratana-thera4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/pahalagama-somaratana-thera4.jpg 516w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/pahalagama-somaratana-thera4-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pahalagama Somaratana Thero with President Rajapakse<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pahalagama Somaratana Thero, chief incumbent of Thames Buddhist Vihara, Croydon, has been charged with four counts of sexual abuse, the Metropolitan police said.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged rape and three counts of indecent assault said to have happened, in 1977 and 1978, in Chiswick, west London<\/p>\n<p>The 65-year-old Pahalagama Somaratana from Dulverton Rd, Croydon, will appear on bail at Feltham Magistrates&#8217; Court on 23 September.<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate response from Thames Buddhist Vihara, which is one of the major Sri Lankan Buddhist temples in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,1],"tags":[1168,1169,1170,1132],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law-and-order","category-news","tag-buddhist-monk","tag-london","tag-rape","tag-sri-lanka"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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