Abuse scandal Buddhists: “Monk abused boys and men … – BN De Stem

Buddhist monks and teachers abusing pupils in the Netherlands over the past decades. In some cases the victims were minors. Reported NIS today. The broadcaster spoke with several victims.

In recent months, said the NIS in cooperation with Buddhism scholar Rob Hogendoorn, including three victims of a Thai monk who after coming to the Netherlands in the seventies at least twenty years young men abused or was attempting to do so.

This was Mettavihari according to those involved in the early eighties in his temple in Waalwijk leave. The occasion would have been a message to the police about the molestation of a minor.

Earlier in May, a number of Mettavihari’s followers decided his ,, repeated inappropriate behavior ” after decades of silence to bring out. Their statement showed that they have for decades knew about. Reason or to disclose now, according to them that recent own research shows that the abuse was larger than they thought until now.

Abuse came under investigation by the NIS also in include Middelburg makkinga. Both issues got involved to the police, but ultimately did no return.

Shut Culture
The victims who have come out to find the time that the silent culture breached, as has happened in the Catholic Church. ,, I want to particularly say this to make it clear that you should act immediately if something is not right, ” said Patrick Franssen, which in the seventies from his nineteenth own words forty to fifty times abused by Mettavihari.

,, You have to stop it early, otherwise happen ever crazier things. And do not be afraid of negative publicity. Buddhism may have a beating, which is much larger than these issues. ”