One of world’s most senior Buddhist monks arrested over alleged r*** of girl in Sri Lanka

Any position that gives someone access to vulnerable individuals will always be a prime target for predators. Look at the systemic issues in the US Boy Scouts or in foster systems globally.

I'm agnostic, but the sad reality is, sexual predators are absolutely everywhere and most commonly, it's someone closely known to the victim, like family, intimate partner, friend, teacher, religious advisor...

It's always kinda been part of the benefit package.

I wonder how many aren’t

People think of Buddhists as peaceful pacifists but they have a long history of horrible violence and sexual abuse like every other religion. In particular they used tho think sex thighs or forearms wasnt sex. They used to fight to the death over the best thigh and forearm concubines and have parades showing off how s*** and beautiful these concubines were. Lmao

The guy who first spread tibetan Buddhism among white hippies was a sex addict/predator who literally gave a bunch of his followers AIDS. [This guy.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%B6gyam_Trungpa) Edit: actually, that guy was just a regular rapist. It's [this guy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96sel_Tendzin) who was a rapist *and* HIV positive.

Nevermind the religious ones, how about the known sexual predators running the world

I don't. They're not hidden. They're made. Humans are sexual beings. We need it, and we need to mature with it. You know how everyone's first gf is the "love of their life"? And you know this after you hold her hand? And every gf after that makes you wiser and more realistic and sexually secure? That's called sexual maturing. But these religious groups don't let youths sexually mature. They twist their heads up with self hate. Being sexual beings though, the church victims does eventually act on their need - unfortunately, with someone who is at the same sexual maturity level as them (nil). Usually someone they can control to keep it secret - out of shame. The f***** evolves from what the church teaches. That's not the cause of all cases of pedo thru hebephilia, but it IS a preventable cause that science has discovered, yet no one wants to fix because we'd all rather hate "pedophiles" than prevent them. And it IS the cause that led myself - and the four other men in my support group - to be sexually violated for years by our religious fathers, youth pastors, pastors. They're not hiding in church. The church makes them. And then, granted, usually hides it. Everyone in my church cut ties with me when my abuser went to jail, for example. Like... Connect on Facebook years later, only for them to say "yeah I'm actually im still friends with x just wanted you to know" (first message. It happened twice lol). Or walk by me in a superstore and pretend Im not there- someone I considered my best friend. When it first came out in the paper, I must've gotten five anonymous FB messages asking why I'm accusing a good godly man of things. Ugh. F*** orthodox religion. If you can't accept creation as it is - sex, gays and evolution included - then you're rejecting whatever creator we might have.

Regardless I hope if he’s found guilty the courts will go there job

Assholes come in all shapes and sizes.

This title is pretty clickbait. Saying he's "one of the world's most senior Buddhist monks" is about as dishonest as attempts to portray the Dalai Lama as the head of Buddhism/Pope equivalent (he's not either). He's the equivalent of a high up Prelate within Sri Lanka, and just a monk to any Buddhist outside it.

Some are but you get a more stable connection in the casual Buddhism lobbies.

In my mind I was imagining a lineup of monks waiting off to the side of a stage and Michael Buffer holding a mic on a cord from the ceiling announcing: Aaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnddddd now……the number 2 ranked senior Buddhist monk in Southeast Asia……

Not my monk

Used to be diamond now demoted to gold

I initially understood as her mother is 15 years old 😳  Turns out it’s less insane..

It’s literally insane how often this line of logic (i am a man of god, so this is his plan - not mine) is still used and accepted today. Surprised that scammers are not using  deepfakes of Leo to ask for BTC.

*Most* people are not fit to be parents and thus shouldn’t be parents. There, I said it.

Now do teachers.

The vast majority of religious people live normal lives. They form communities, volunteer for good causes, and don't bother other people. There are predators in every part of society. Bankers, doctors, police, military. I don't agree with calling religious people stupid as a whole because some horrible people happen to practice religion.

Buddhists? Loooollll, not even close. 

I mean after seeing a sexual predator that's president of the most powerful country in the world nothing else really surprises me anymore!

Religion isn’t inherently the problem but can be a tool used by the powerful to abuse the weak. Some of the most notorious predators like Epstein, Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Cesar Chavez, and (allegedly) Michael Jackson did not use religion to facilitate their fucked up deeds.

The problem is power.  Either people are corrupted by it or it draws in the wrong kind of people.  

The problem is people. People suck. People are horrible. Society has bought into this idea that people are basically good, and it's complete bullshit. People are awful.