Pallegama Hemarathana is accused of abusing an 11-year-old girl in a Buddhist temple in 2022.

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Sri Lankan authorities arrested a senior Buddhist monk on Saturday for the alleged sexual abuse of an underage girl, police said, marking the highest-profile case involving clergy in the country.

SUBIACO, Ark. — A monk at the Subiaco Abbey has been removed after a public statement from the monastery said child abuse reports were made while the monk was receiving mental health treatment.

There have been several cases of clergy abusing children in Sri Lanka, but Hemarathana is the most senior monk to be accused of such a crime. In a separate case, a group of 22 monks arrested in April ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sri Lankan authorities arrested senior Buddhist monk Pallegama Hemarathana for the alleged sexual abuse of a young girl [File: ...