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Senior Sri Lankan monk found guilty of sex offences against 6 girls in Australia

A senior Sri Lankan Buddhist monk has been found guilty of historical sex offences against six girls at a Melbourne temple. A County Court jury on Thursday ruled Naotunne Vijitha, the head monk at the Dhamma Sarana temple in Keysborough, committed the offences between 1994 and 2002. The 70-year-old monk was found guilty of eight charges of sexual penetration of a child under 16 and nine charges of committing an indecent act with a child under 16. The monk was cleared of one indecent act charge. The jury is continuing to deliberate on another charge of indecent act with a…

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