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[monson]

Monk in sexual abuse case given bail

Saturday, 02 August 2008 19:21


A person said to be a monk, who is accused of sexually abusing a young woman who was serving as an advisor to a higher educational institution, has been released on bail.

Colombo Fort Magistrate and Additional District Judge Namal Bandara Balalle ordered his release on a Rs. 10,000 personal bail and two Rs. 200,000 sureties.

The accused, Kovulwewe Vanaratana, has been warned against intimidating the complainant.

He had been produced before courts by the Police Women and Children’s Bureau on a complaint by the alleged victim.

The two had become friendly in India, where the woman had been pursuing higher studies, and upon return to Sri Lanka, the monk had tried to renew their close relationship, the complaint said.

He had then allegedly taken her to a temple in Colombo and sexually abused her.

-http://www.lankadissent.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=879:monk-in-sexual-abuse-case-given-bail&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

Monk implicated in a child rape and murder case

by Shamindra Ferdinando

The National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) has cracked the recent mysterious death of six-year-old Kasmira Sugandi at a day care centre at Naiwala, Veyangoda.

The NCPA stepped in after local law enforcement officers failed to make progress despite compelling evidence against the chief incumbent of a neighbouring temple.

A source close to the investigation claimed that a determined effort was made by interested parties to shield the suspects. Had the NCPA turned a blind eye to what the source called a transparent attempt at a cover up, Sugandi's killing would have been just another unsolved mystery.

Authoritative sources said that NCPA after an in-depth investigation into the late October incident, on Friday obtained Colombo Chief Magistrate Macky Mohammed's permission to arrest the monk who is also the Vice Principal of a leading government school at Veyangoda.

Officers from the police unit attached to the NCPA Friday searched Ubayasekararamaya but found the chief suspect missing. Police are also looking for the manageress of the day care centre and her son who are believed to have witnessed the attack. The manageress is believed to have been aware of the sexual abuse of the child by the monk.

The investigation revealed that the girl had been killed by dashing her head on a wall. Medical inquiries revealed that she had been raped, allegedly by the main suspect. Initially local police declined to act on evidence which clearly revealed the chief suspect's involvement, the sources said.

The victim's mother Vajira Priyadarshini led a street protest before Attanagalle Acting Magistrate Samitha Kodisinghe ordered Sugandi's body be exhumed. The sources said that the NCPA swiftly moved in and brought the case before the Colombo Magistrate's court amidst allegations that local authorities weren't interested in pursuing the investigation.

According to two eight year old girls who had been at the temple at the time the suspect grabbed Sugandi by her hair and dashed her head on the wall, the manageress of the day care centre and her son had come with the victim to meet the chief incumbent. They had come in a white coloured van. According to their statements given to the NCPA, Sugandi had collapsed in the temple.

Authorities also called a second post mortem after to establish the exact cause of Sugandi's death, the sources said.

Well informed sources said that the three persons wanted for questioning in this connection were expected to surrender to NCPA through their lawyers.

The sources said that Police Headquarters and the Judicial Service Commission as well as the Justice Ministry should investigate lapses on the part of local authorities coming under their purview to ascertain whether an organized attempt was made to shield the suspects.

-http://www.island.lk/2007/12/02/news5.html

 

[sri_lion]

සිවුරක් පොරව ගත්තට වෑඩක් නෑ ඉතින්, එකේ ගෞරවය රකින්න දන්නෙ නෑත්නම්!

 

[Asitha-K]

සිවුරක් පොරව ගත්තට වෑඩක් නෑ ඉතින්, එකේ ගෞරවය රකින්න දන්නෙ නෑත්නම්!

සහතික අැත්ත

 

[urasika]

සිවුරක් පොරව ගත්තට වෑඩක් නෑ ඉතින්, එකේ ගෞරවය රකින්න දන්නෙ නෑත්නම්!

 

[shaqz]

ya

සිවුරක් පොරව ගත්තට වෑඩක් නෑ ඉතින්, එකේ ගෞරවය රකින්න දන්නෙ නෑත්නම්!

ya machan datz true
Dis is a big disaster for Buddhism

 

[sri_lion]

තව ප්*රශ්ණයක් අහන්න තියෙනව, කරුණාකරල දන්න කෙනෙක් ඉන්නවනම් ටිකක් පෑහෑදිලි කරල දෙනවද?

දෑන් අපේ සාසනේ මහණ කරන්නෙ "කුල දරුවො" නේ, මට හරියට තේරෙන්නේ නෑ මෙකේ තේරුම,බුදුහාමුදුරුවොන්ගේ කාලෙ නම් සුනීත සෝපාක පවා මහණ උනා කියලනේ අපි අහල තියෙන්නේ? එතකොට මොකද්ද දෑන් මෙ තියෙන "කුල දරුවො" කියන එක?

ඈත්තටම දන්නේ නෑති හින්දයි අහනේ, තෙරුම් කර දෙන අයකුට ගොඩක් පින්!

 

[VIDUrUVAN123]

pls bro use english

then every one can read and Understand

Tks

 

[sri_lion]

pls bro use english

then every one can read and Understand

Tks

Why you dont understand Sinhalese?

 

[Deelaka]

සිවුරක් පොරව ගත්තට වෑඩක් නෑ ඉතින්, එකේ ගෞරවය රකින්න දන්නෙ නෑත්නම්!

 

[Billl Gates]

සිවුරක් පොරව ගත්තට වෑඩක් නෑ ඉතින්, එකේ ගෞරවය රකින්න දන්නෙ නෑත්නම්!

that's right

 

[kalyanamithra]

Pinwath Mithura,

A person is not a Buddhist monk/nun anymore if he/she engages in any Parajika activity. No one needs to expel that person from the Bikshu/Bikshuni. Such a person is expelled automatically and looses rights to the title 'monk' or 'nun' instantaneously. A person looses in the Path if he/she commits a 'Parajika' sin. There is no means of correcting such actions (Friends from other religions: It's because of the Karma and selfless nature of its Vipaka; There's no one to 'forgive' because the action is done.)

How unfortunate to see people regarding them as monks even when they are proven guilty? This shows the sad plight of how Buddhism is practiced today...

In Buddha sashana only Pancha Sila was there with no other Vinaya rules in the first 20 years. None of the people took up robes got their sila (virture) stained.
See how purly people behave when they take up robes to end this samsaraic existence...

The first ever Vinaya rule imposed by Sammasambuddha Guthama was for "methun parajika" (regarding sexual activities). The person in concern was a monk named Sudhinna, who without knowing (because only Pancha Sila was there as a rule, and because he had not developed proper mindfulness/Sathi by the time) gets his Brahmachariya stained...

reference to Vinaya Pitaka:
http://www.mettanet.org/tipitaka/1Vinaya-Pitaka/1Parajika-Pali/1Parajika/01parajika1-s.html (sinhala)
You can find more by searching for 'Parajika'

As well explained in Uposatha Sutta (which is related to Paharada Sutta) a person does not belong to Sangha the instant he/she gets his Sila stained (Mainly breaking a Parajika rule; there are minor offenses that can be corrected).

See how pure the Sangha that follows/followed the Path...
See how poor we are in Dhamma to treat person proven guilty of Parajikas as monks/nuns...
Personally I do not treat them as monks - as our friends have expressed a 'monk' is not just a person with robes - he is a follower of Buddha cultivating Sila, Samadhi and Panna along the Path to end his samsaraic existence, while promoting/disclosing Dhamma out of pure compassion towards others...

Another thing there is a very good structure among the Buddhist monks to examine all accusations. Unlike the civil law its based on Dhamma, hence Sila, Samadhi, Panna; there's no room for 'winning' cases through arguments or tweaking evidence. Unfortunately this mechanism seems to be not functioning well; probably because people like us are not aware of it or decisions made by it...

As followers of Dhamma we should non use the term 'monk' or 'nun' for every person wearing a robe; we should know how to identify monks from pretenders (who may even have ordinated at some point of time)...

This too requires us to practice Dhamma in pure form. Let's start (if not already started) to practice Pancha Sila unstained...

Theruwan saranai!

 

[hemantha33]

Baduma Thami

 

[SaNDun]

තව ප්*රශ්ණයක් අහන්න තියෙනව, කරුණාකරල දන්න කෙනෙක් ඉන්නවනම් ටිකක් පෑහෑදිලි කරල දෙනවද?

දෑන් අපේ සාසනේ මහණ කරන්නෙ "කුල දරුවො" නේ, මට හරියට තේරෙන්නේ නෑ මෙකේ තේරුම,බුදුහාමුදුරුවොන්ගේ කාලෙ නම් සුනීත සෝපාක පවා මහණ උනා කියලනේ අපි අහල තියෙන්නේ? එතකොට මොකද්ද දෑන් මෙ තියෙන "කුල දරුවො" කියන එක?

ඈත්තටම දන්නේ නෑති හින්දයි අහනේ, තෙරුම් කර දෙන අයකුට ගොඩක් පින්!

mekane machan scene eka..

budu hamuduruwo inna kaleth oya kula bedaya thibuna.. habai budu hamuduruwo eka salakuwe na.. onama kenek wa pavidi kala..

ada kaale inna aya eka thamange vaasiyata thiyagena me kulayak adagena thiyenawa.. mahana wennath kendara balanawa.. eke monawada lakunu thiyenawa nam witharai dan mahana karanne..

 

[anarkalee]

abuddassa kale ne

 

[kalyanamithra]

abuddassa kale ne

Pinwath mithura,

Ehema kiyanna epa...

Meya abuddhassa kalaya nove; meya Gauthama Sammasambuddha kalayai...
Oya kathava gena ave Gauthama Buddhasashanaya venasima sandaha Bauddha yei kiya ganna aya visin...

Abuddhassa kalyedi chathurarya sathyaya; kusal-akusal veni de asannavath nethi venava...
Den ehema ne Shri Saddharmaya nokelelva thiyenava... (eya danne nethi godak aya hitiyata)

Theruwan saranai!

 

[kalyanamithra]

තව ප්*රශ්ණයක් අහන්න තියෙනව, කරුණාකරල දන්න කෙනෙක් ඉන්නවනම් ටිකක් පෑහෑදිලි කරල දෙනවද?

දෑන් අපේ සාසනේ මහණ කරන්නෙ "කුල දරුවො" නේ, මට හරියට තේරෙන්නේ නෑ මෙකේ තේරුම,බුදුහාමුදුරුවොන්ගේ කාලෙ නම් සුනීත සෝපාක පවා මහණ උනා කියලනේ අපි අහල තියෙන්නේ? එතකොට මොකද්ද දෑන් මෙ තියෙන "කුල දරුවො" කියන එක?

ඈත්තටම දන්නේ නෑති හින්දයි අහනේ, තෙරුම් කර දෙන අයකුට ගොඩක් පින්!

Pinwath mithura,

Dharmaye "kula daruvo" kiyana eka vigraha karana akaraya nam hariyatama danne ne; dekka kiyala mathakayakuth ne; Hamu vunoth kiyannam..

Api hondatama dannava ne methana kula kiyanne Sinhalen Kulina kiyana aruthen novei kiyala... E gena sekayak ne... mokada oba kiyapu avastha pamanak nova Budurajanan wahanse Kula bedhaya gena dakva ethi karunu anuva...

Aneka "kula daruwo" kiyana eke "kuala bedhayak" adahas venne ne...

Mata hithena vidiyata oka sambandhai Pali vala "kula" kiyana eka "household" kiyana aruthin yedima sambandayen... E aruthin mahana venne Kula puthrayo/diyanivaru thamai

Methena deveni theruma balannako.. 'household, in the sense of house' kiyala patan ganne...
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.1:1:735.pali


Theruwan saranai!

 

[kalyanamithra]

ya machan datz true
Dis is a big disaster for Buddhism

Pinwath mithura,

Disaster is referring to and treating them as monks (and nuns)...
According to Dhamma they are automatically expelled from Sangha...
So we should not consider them as monks/nuns... that's all

Irrespective of us treating them as monks (owing to our ignorance), they will not succeed in the Path; because he has committed the kamma and will sure to get its returns...
They've been paralleled by Buddha in Paharada or Uposatha sutta to "dead bodies washed ashore from the great ocean"

Theruwan saranai!

 

[kalyanamithra]

mekane machan scene eka..

budu hamuduruwo inna kaleth oya kula bedaya thibuna.. habai budu hamuduruwo eka salakuwe na.. onama kenek wa pavidi kala..

ada kaale inna aya eka thamange vaasiyata thiyagena me kulayak adagena thiyenawa.. mahana wennath kendara balanawa.. eke monawada lakunu thiyenawa nam witharai dan mahana karanne..

Pinwath mithura,

Eka hari.
Den wela thiyenne kula bedhe Bikshu pirisatath evilla (hebei oya kula bedhaya piliganna kavruth sangayata aithi ne... api ovun sarana yanneth ne...)

Vasanavata hemoma kuala bede salakanne ne
Me kula bedhaya ha manaya den thiyena nikayan ek novennath hethuvak venna puluvan...

Paharada suthrayema Budu sasune kula bedhaya nethi akaraya lassanata kiyanava: hariyata
"ganga, yamuna adhi maha ganga valin muhudata ek vana vathura ethen sita maha sagaraye vathura kiyala handunvanava vage"

Ova gannan ganna epa.. Api dharmaya anuva hedemu... evita siyalla hari yai... Mokada dharmaya surakina vidihath dharmayema sandahan ne...

Paharada sutraya ahalama balanna...
http://www.gautamabuddha.org/downloads/mp3/6/6.8_paharada_sutta.mp3

Theruwan saranai!

 

[uhox]

monson

article eka nam wedagath...attha attha setiyenma pennanna epai

NUMUTH..... .....>

oya church wala fathers la karana sexual abuse gena news ekakuth demmoth mokada?'?

mama dannawa umba tikak (...mechchak withara ) Buddhist tradition eka gena
upset kiyala...

dapang dapang...

oya church wala samahara fathers la karana balaparada saha homosexual rapes gena...

Hebetama...ko ara fr "OSWALD GOMIS " ..Ranil ge political office ekeda?

 

[kalyanamithra]

Baduma Thami

Pinwath mithura,

Oba bauddhayek nam
Oya kiyana bikshun sanghayata aithi nethi bava denaganna... Own Buddha sashanayen pala labanne ne...

Oba bauddhayek nove nam
Mata kiyanna deyak ne...

Hebei meka denaganna one: lokaye silvathma pirisak thami inne buddha sashane kiyala... Seka nam Bikshun rakina silpada pariksha kara sasanda balanna; ema silaya venath ayata hithanna vath beri tharam...

Eththa, sil pada kadana aya innawa... Nokadana ayath boho innawa...

Vedagath ma de niyama bauddhayan sil pada rakinne swechchawen...
katavath baye neve (mokada own balaporoththu wana nivana kiyanne abaya sthanayak)...
thama silaya nisama own sathutin mai inne... pasu thewim ne...
anek ayawa ema silaya rakinna polambava ganneth e sathuta laba dennamai...

Theruwan saranai!