September 16, 2018
"BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS":
Dalai Lama admits he knew about Buddhist teachers' sexual abuse (Deutsche Welle, 9/16/18)
The Dalai Lama, during a four-day visit to the Netherlands, has confirmed he was informed about historic sexual abuse by Buddhist teachers against their followers in Europe."I already did know these things, [it's] nothing new," the Dalai Lama said in response to a question on Dutch public television NOS late on Saturday."Twenty-five years ago... someone mentioned about a problem of sexual allegations" at a conference for western Buddhist teachers in Dharamshala, a hill town in northern India, he added.
Posted by Orrin Judd at September 16, 2018 9:06 AM