Sex scandal bankrupts Hare Krishnas
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The Hare Krishna movement has filed a reorganization plan in bankruptcy court that its leaders hope will allow it to compensate more than 500 people who have made claims of sexual, physical or emotional abuse. ...
Eleven temples and organizations filed the reorganization plan in a Texas court last week. The plan calls for providing compensation of as much as $15 million to creditors of the society, the North American expression of the ancient Vaishnava tradition, a monotheistic faith within Hindu culture. Most creditors are former students of the movement.