Senior Sri Lankan monk arrested for alleged child sex crimes

Corroborated by 2 sources from 2 publishers

asiacrime1d ago

TL;DR

Reports differ across sources; according to aljazeera.com, senior Sri Lankan monk arrested for alleged child sex crimes Pallegama Hemarathana, the chief prelate of Colombo, is accused of abusing an 11-year-old girl in a temple.

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Al Jazeera

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/9/senior-sri-lankan-monk-arrested-for-alleged-child-sex-crimes?traffic_source=rss

1d ago

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BBC News (World)

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy42kp0x92jo?at_campaign=rss&at_medium=RSS

6h ago