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