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Japanese Buddhist Sect Probes Nun's Sexual Harassment Claims
One of Japan's biggest Buddhist sects said Tuesday it has launched a probe after a nun accused a monk of sexually assaulting her for 14 years and an eminent priest of turning a blind eye.
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Woman Faces Online Backlash For Donating Over $800,000 To Charity. Here's Why
A Chinese nun is facing backlash online for donating a fortune to charity even though her daughter struggled to pay her university fees.
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The Buddhist Nun Challenging Misogyny In Myanmar
In a society where a popular saying urges women to "regard her son as her master and her husband as her god", Buddhist nun Ketumala is already an outlier.
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Prominent Chinese Buddhist Monk Quits After Sexual Harassment Allegations
The head of China's government-run Buddhist association quit his post on Wednesday amid an investigation into allegations that he coerced several nuns into having sex with him.
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China Probes High-Ranking Buddhist Monk Accused Of Coercing Nuns Into Sex
China's top religious authority launched an investigation Thursday after two monks alleged that a prominent Buddhist abbot and Communist Party member coerced several nuns into having sex with him, one of the country's most high-profile #MeToo moments.
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Prominent Buddhist Monk In China Accused Of Sexually Harassing Nuns
China's religious affairs administration said on Thursday it would investigate claims that a high-ranking Buddhist monk sexually harassed nuns and coerced them into sex, the latest case of a prominent figure accused of sexual misconduct in China.
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Nepal's Most Popular Buddhist Nun Is A Musical Rock Star
There is one Buddhist nun everyone in Nepal knows by name - not because she's a religious icon and a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, nor for her work running a girl's school and a hospital for kidney patients.
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Tibet group video allegedly shows nun burning
A Tibetan rights group has released graphic video of what it says is a Buddhist nun engulfed in flames on a city street in one of several apparent self-immolation protests against Chinese rule.
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Tibetan protests: Nun dies in eleventh self-immolation case
A Buddhist nun in China's southwest Sinhuan Province has died after immolating herself. This is the eleventh case of self-immolation among Tibetans in western China in recent months. Chinese news agency Xinhua reported the news, saying the motive is being investigated.
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Buddhist nun gangraped in Nepal bus
A 21-year-old Buddhist nun was allegedly gangraped by five men inside a bus in eastern Nepal, media reports said on Monday.The victim, a resident of Bhojpur district in eastern Nepal, was travelling by bus when she was attacked by the group, which also included the driver of the bus.According to reports, when the bus reached Sabhakhola town in Sank...
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Nepal's singing sensation nun to debut in India
A Buddhist nun from Nepal who became a singing sensation in her own country and the west as well as an icon for hundreds of young Buddhist women will finally make her debut in India, the country from where her parents came. Ani Choying Dolma, a 40-year-old Buddhist nun of Tibetan ancestry, who took "asylum" in a monastery in Kathmandu valley at the...
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Japanese Buddhist Sect Probes Nun's Sexual Harassment Claims
One of Japan's biggest Buddhist sects said Tuesday it has launched a probe after a nun accused a monk of sexually assaulting her for 14 years and an eminent priest of turning a blind eye.
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Woman Faces Online Backlash For Donating Over $800,000 To Charity. Here's Why
A Chinese nun is facing backlash online for donating a fortune to charity even though her daughter struggled to pay her university fees.
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The Buddhist Nun Challenging Misogyny In Myanmar
In a society where a popular saying urges women to "regard her son as her master and her husband as her god", Buddhist nun Ketumala is already an outlier.
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Prominent Chinese Buddhist Monk Quits After Sexual Harassment Allegations
The head of China's government-run Buddhist association quit his post on Wednesday amid an investigation into allegations that he coerced several nuns into having sex with him.
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China Probes High-Ranking Buddhist Monk Accused Of Coercing Nuns Into Sex
China's top religious authority launched an investigation Thursday after two monks alleged that a prominent Buddhist abbot and Communist Party member coerced several nuns into having sex with him, one of the country's most high-profile #MeToo moments.
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Prominent Buddhist Monk In China Accused Of Sexually Harassing Nuns
China's religious affairs administration said on Thursday it would investigate claims that a high-ranking Buddhist monk sexually harassed nuns and coerced them into sex, the latest case of a prominent figure accused of sexual misconduct in China.
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Nepal's Most Popular Buddhist Nun Is A Musical Rock Star
There is one Buddhist nun everyone in Nepal knows by name - not because she's a religious icon and a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, nor for her work running a girl's school and a hospital for kidney patients.
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Tibet group video allegedly shows nun burning
A Tibetan rights group has released graphic video of what it says is a Buddhist nun engulfed in flames on a city street in one of several apparent self-immolation protests against Chinese rule.
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Tibetan protests: Nun dies in eleventh self-immolation case
A Buddhist nun in China's southwest Sinhuan Province has died after immolating herself. This is the eleventh case of self-immolation among Tibetans in western China in recent months. Chinese news agency Xinhua reported the news, saying the motive is being investigated.
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Buddhist nun gangraped in Nepal bus
A 21-year-old Buddhist nun was allegedly gangraped by five men inside a bus in eastern Nepal, media reports said on Monday.The victim, a resident of Bhojpur district in eastern Nepal, was travelling by bus when she was attacked by the group, which also included the driver of the bus.According to reports, when the bus reached Sabhakhola town in Sank...
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Nepal's singing sensation nun to debut in India
A Buddhist nun from Nepal who became a singing sensation in her own country and the west as well as an icon for hundreds of young Buddhist women will finally make her debut in India, the country from where her parents came. Ani Choying Dolma, a 40-year-old Buddhist nun of Tibetan ancestry, who took "asylum" in a monastery in Kathmandu valley at the...
