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Eugene

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Wed Aug 28, 2019, 11:00 PM Aug 2019

Tibetan Buddhist teacher accused of sexual abuse dies [View all]

Source: BBC

Tibetan Buddhist teacher accused of sexual abuse dies

28 August 2019

Sogyal Lakar, a Tibetan Buddhist teacher accused of widespread physical and sexual abuse, has died aged 72.

Lakar, better known as Sogyal Rinpoche, sold millions of books and was widely seen as the best known Tibetan Buddhist teacher after the Dalai Lama.

But allegations of physical and sexual abuse followed Lakar, although he was never found guilty of any crimes.

An investigation commissioned by his group concluded that some followers were abused by him.

A statement on his Facebook page said that Lakar died in Thailand on Wednesday after suffering a pulmonary embolism. He had been receiving treatment for colon cancer.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49505098


Lakar was believed to be the incarnation of a teacher of the 13th Dalai Lama (Getty Images)
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