Chhulthim Dorje Yontan Yongaj Tulku Lama aka Tulku Lama
Nepal Patan High Court: "Given the sufferings faced by rape victims, no monetary compensation can adequately compensate the victims, the court added"
in https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/spiritual-guru-tulku-lama-convicted-of-rape/ Abrufdatum: 20.9.2019
Spiritual guru Tulku Lama convicted of rape 26.9.2019
"The Patan High Court convicted so- called Buddhist spiritual guru Rinpoche Chhulthim Dorje Yontan Yongaj Tulku Lama aka Tulku Lama of rape and slapped a jail term of seven years on him. The court also ordered Lama to pay three million rupees as compensation to the victim described as CIB 224 in the charge sheet. This is the first time that the court had ordered the victim to pay such a huge amount of compensation to a rape victim.The verdict was passed by a division bench of judges Tek Narayan Kunwar and Ramesh Bahadur Thapa. Patan High Court struck down Kathmandu District Court’s 31 August 2018 verdict that acquitted Tulku Lama of rape charges. The defendant, who is in his late 50s held the victim hostage for more than nine years at a monastery operated by him in Chalnakhel, Dakshinkali Municipality-10 and raped her repeatedly, the court observed. According to case files, the convict took the pictures of his sexual assault and threatened the victim of putting those pictures on facebook if she lodged complaint against him. Given the sufferings faced by rape victims, no monetary compensation can adequately compensate the victims, the court added. According to the charge sheet, Lama used to molest and rape his followers, saying his divine powers could cure all kinds of illnesses. Lama, who originally hails from Kuesheshwor Dumja-9 of Sindhuli, had been operating the monastery for the past 10 years. The monastery housed several women and his followers came to him with various problems in the hope that ‘his divine powers’ could give them a respite. Rejecting Lama’s claim that the victim was his wife, the court said Lama had already been married and despite his claim of marrying the victim, he did not have marriage certificate or anything that could establish marital relations between him and the victim. [...] The court also mentioned one of the Dalai Lama’s speeches delivered in Netherlands recently where he said he had been aware for last 25 years that women were being sexually exploited by some Buddhist Gurus. The victim who started living in the monastery since May 2009 stayed there for almost 10 years."
in https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/spiritual-guru-tulku-lama-convicted-of-rape/ Abrufdatum: 20.9.2019
Buddhist ‘spiritual guru’ Tulku Lama sent to prison 23.12.2017
Tulku Lama, the so-called ‘Buddhist spiritual guru’, has been sent to jail until final verdict on a rape case filed against him at Kathmandu District Court. On November 22, the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police had arrested Lama, 56, for allegedly raping and sexually assaulting some of his women followers. He used to molest and rape his followers, saying his divine powers could cure all kinds of illnesses and called himself ‘His Holiness Tulku Guru Remborchhe Chhulthim Dorje Yontan (Yonjan)’.A rape case was filed at the court demanding maximum punishment against Lama. CIB said the court ordered on Tuesday that he be sent to jail until final verdict on the case. He has been kept in Dillibazar Prison. Acting on complaints lodged by an alleged victim, CIB raided Pema Tashi Chyuling Ghombo Kasung, a monastery operated by Lama in Chalnakhel, Dakshinkali Municipality-10, and arrested him with some suspicious substances yesterday."
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‘Buddhist guru’ arrested on rape charges 24.11.2017
"The Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police has arrested a ‘Buddhist spiritual guru’ for allegedly raping and sexually assaulting some of his women followers. DIG Pushkar Karki, CIB director, said, “His Holiness Tulku Guru Remborchhe Chhulthim Dorje Yontan (Yonjan) aka Tulku Lama, 56, used to molest and rape his followers, saying his divine power could cure all kinds of illnesses.”
in https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/buddhist-guru-arrested-rape-charges/ Abrufdatum: 20.9.2019