China: Buddhist Abbot forced to resign from #MeToo pressure

Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2018-08-16 05:16

Article here. Excerpt:

'One of China’s highest-ranking Buddhist monks quit as the head of the country’s Buddhist association on Wednesday after facing a government investigation over accusations of sexual misconduct.

The abbot of Longquan Temple on the outskirts of Beijing, who is also a member of the Communist Party’s top political advisory body, has denied accusations of harassing and demanding sexual favors from several nuns.

The Buddhist Association of China said in a statement on its website that it had accepted Master Xuecheng’s offer to resign from the chairmanship and other posts on Wednesday, without elaborating on the reasons.'

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Hard to believe. Well I suppose if Catholic priests can engage in sexual misconduct, so can Buddhist monks. But this #MeToo event has this in common with the ones here in the West: no evidence given. No trial. No hearing. Accusation, presumed guilt, then resignation or whatever. I think so far only Tom Brokaw has managed to survive a #MeToo attack. He simply refused to be driven from his job because of allegations that he did not admit to. And he wasn't. Granted his employer could have sacked him but they didn't.

That's how it's done.

I can't say if this abbot was guilty as accused or not. What I am saying is that we'll never know the truth given the way this scenario and so many others play out.

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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2018-08-16 05:21