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. Pallegama Hemarathana, 71, was arrested at a private hospital in the capital Colombo where he had sought treatment over the weekend amid an investigation into the alleged abuse of the 11-year-old girl in 2022. The crime is alleged to have taken place at…
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BishopAccountability.org - Documenting the Catholic Sexual Abuse and Financial Crisis - Data on bish broke the news21 days ago on Saturday, May 16, 2026.