{"id":2495,"date":"2011-12-09T14:07:20","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T14:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2011-12-09T14:07:20","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T14:07:20","slug":"london-chief-buddhist-thero-charged-for-more-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/london-chief-buddhist-thero-charged-for-more-rape\/","title":{"rendered":"London Chief Buddhist Thero Charged For More Rape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Colombo Telegraph &#8211;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2550\" style=\"width: 526px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/pahalagama-somaratana-thera4edited-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2550\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2550\" title=\"pahalagama-somaratana-thera4Edited (2)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/pahalagama-somaratana-thera4edited-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/pahalagama-somaratana-thera4edited-2.jpg 516w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/pahalagama-somaratana-thera4edited-2-300x279.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 516px) 100vw, 516px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pahalagama Somaratana Thero with President Rajapakse<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Pahalagama Somaratana Thero, chief incumbent of Thames Buddhist Vihara, Croydon, has been charged with another eight counts of sexual abuse on Friday, 11 November, the London Metropolitan police told Colombo Telegraph. According to the metropolitan police these eight indecent assaults on a female under 14 took place between January 01,1985 and December 31,1986 at an address in Croydon.The 65-year-old Pahalagama Somaratana thero appeared on bail at Feltham Magistrates&#8217; Court on Friday, 2 December and was bailed to appear at Isleworth Crown Court on December 20, 2011.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Friday, 23 September\u00a0Phalagama Somartana thero of Dulverton Road, Croydon appeared on bail at Feltham Magistrates&#8217; Court charged with rape of another female under 16 between January 1, 1977 and December 31, 1978 at an address in Chiswick and indecent assault on a female under 16 between January 1, 1977 and December 31, 1978 at an address in Chiswick.<\/p>\n<p>Related news;\u00a0<a title=\"Permalink to London Chief Buddhist Thero Child Abuse Case \u2013 High Commission to represent Thero\u00a0?\" href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/2011\/09\/28\/london-chief-buddhist-thero-child-abuse-case-%e2%80%93-high-commission-to-represent-thero\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">London Chief Buddhist Thero Child Abuse Case \u2013 High Commission to represent Thero\u00a0?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permalink to Update- London Chief Buddhist Thero remanded for\u00a0rape\" href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/2011\/09\/23\/update-london-chief-buddhist-thero-remanded-for-rape\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Update- London Chief Buddhist Thero remanded for\u00a0rape<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permalink to London Chief Buddhist Thero, 65, held by rape\u00a0cops\" href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/2011\/09\/20\/london-chief-buddhist-thero-65-held-by-rape-cops\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">London Chief Buddhist Thero, 65, held by rape\u00a0cops<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":2550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,1],"tags":[1168,1195,1580,1170,1581],"class_list":["post-2495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law-and-order","category-news","tag-buddhist-monk","tag-child-abuse","tag-pahalagama-somaratana-rape-case","tag-rape","tag-sexual-abuse"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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