The silence in the courtroom was broken by the angry voice of a victim. As she screamed, "This is a joke," 71-year-old Naotunne Vijitha Thero, who had been highly revered by the Sri Lankan Buddhist community for decades but was now dressed in a grey
Sentencing him, Judge Pradeep Tiwana stated that the monk, who was a respected figure in society, had a "dark and disturbing side." The judge emphasized that due to the immense respect devotees had for the monk, parents left their children alone with him without any suspicion, and he had heinously betrayed that immense trust.
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