Sri Lanka’s top monk suspended over alleged child sex abuse
Suspended senior Buddhist monk Pallegama Hemarathana. File | Photo Credit: AFP Sri Lanka’s Buddhist hierarchy suspended on Saturday (May 30, 2026) a senior monk accused of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl, in a high-profile case that has shocked the religiously conservative nation. In a rare disciplinary move, 71-year-old Pallegama Hemarathana was stripped of his responsibilities…
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