{"id":38781,"date":"2012-04-16T17:21:43","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T17:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=38781"},"modified":"2012-04-20T15:42:48","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T15:42:48","slug":"london-chief-buddhist-thero-child-abuse-cases-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/london-chief-buddhist-thero-child-abuse-cases-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"London Chief Buddhist Thero Child Abuse Cases Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Colombo Telegraph &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/london-chief-buddhist-thero-child-abuse-cases-begins\/pahalegama-somarathana-colombotelegraph-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38782\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-38782\" title=\"Pahalegama Somarathana colombotelegraph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Pahalegama-Somarathana-colombotelegraph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Pahalegama-Somarathana-colombotelegraph.jpg 421w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Pahalegama-Somarathana-colombotelegraph-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/><\/a>The child abuse case against Chief Buddhist monk of Thames Buddhist temple Ven. Pahalagama Somaratana<\/strong><strong>\u00a0had started proceedings at Isleworth Crown Court on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The monk who was intially charged with one count of rape of a female under 16 and three counts of indecent assault during his tenure at Chiswick temple in1977 and 1978 .Subsequently on Friday, 11 November he was further charged with 8 counts of Indecent assault on a female under 14 between January 1, 1985 and December 31, 1986 at an address in Croydon,London Metropolitan police told Colombo Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Court sources told the BBC, that the members for the jury were selected before the case began.\u00a0Both cases will be proceeding together court sources told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Related news;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/update-london-buddhist-theros-child-abuse-hearing-in-april\/\"><strong>Update: London Buddhist Thero\u2019s Child Abuse Hearing In April<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/london-chief-buddhist-thero-charged-for-more-rape\/\">London Chief Buddhist Thero Charged For More\u00a0Rape<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/london-chief-buddhist-thero-child-abuse-case-high-commission-to-represent-thero\/\">London Chief Buddhist Thero Child Abuse Case \u2013 High Commission to represent Thero\u00a0?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/update-london-chief-buddhist-thero-remanded-for-rape\/\">Update- London Chief Buddhist Thero remanded for\u00a0rape<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/london-chief-buddhist-thero-65-held-by-rape-cops\/\">London Chief Buddhist Thero, 65, held by rape\u00a0cops<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":38795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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