[PADA: Yep SD Dasi you are right. Lokanath and his ICC are not as advanced as any average person who eats hamburgers, because ANY average hamburger eating person already knows pedophiles are not God's successors without any need for "a committee."
OK it looks like now the GBC is doing what they did at the start of the whole "Satya molested by Lokanath" episode. They are going to appoint YET another panel to investigate the matter (are pedophiles God's successors?) and give us an answer in 60 days. Wait! They already made a committee at the start of all this, and hardly no one accepts the conclusions of their committee already.
The Lokanath / GBC / India ICC team has been sitting around drooling on themselves since 1978, wondering if pedophiles are Krishna's successors or not -- but they cannot say in the year 2021 -- unless they make YET another committee. Meanwhile any average hamburger eating person walking around Walmart already knows pedophiles are not God's successors. That means, any average person walking around Walmart knows more about Krishna than Lokanath swami, his ICC, the GBC, and all their committees combined.
Ask any hamburger eating person walking out of Mc Donalds hamburgers, "are pedophiles God's successors who can absorb sins like Jesus"? Well nope. So the level of ignorance in Lokanath and his ICC is incredible. Any average hamburger eating person is more God conscious than all of them put together. Yep, you got it SD Dasi!
Sulochana said Lokanath types are not advanced enough to worship a bucket of dog stools. Why? Dog stools do harm anyone, and do not ban, beat, molest, sue and kill Vaishnavas. The Lokanath people are not advanced enough to worship a pile of dog manures. Sulochana said no problem, in future they will be trained to worship a pile of dog manures by the Yamaduttas, that is the only way they can make any advancement. It is really hard to argue with that, which is why the Lokanath program had Sulochana killed. ys pd]
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Bhakti Chaitanya Swami's Involvement in the Lokanath Case -
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Bhakti Chaitanya Swami's Involvement in the Lokanath Case -
September 2021
In July 2010, Satya wrote a series of compelling statements about her abuse, the 20 years of disregard given to the case, and lack of punishment for Lokanath. Responding to Satya's public statements in 2010, the GBC Second Vice-Chairman Bhakti Chaitanya Swami sat with Lokanath and helped him write an admission letter in which Lokanath says "I sexually abused her."
Earlier that year - at the GBC Mayapur meetings February 6-17, 2010 - Bhakti Chaitanya Swami had been sworn in as GBC Second Vice-Chairman, part of the 3-member GBC Executive Committee which is rotated every year, out of 36 total GBC members. (The Chairman, First Vice-Chairman, and Second Vice-Chairman make up the three most powerful members of the Governing Body Commission.)
In July 2010, Satya wrote a series of compelling statements about her abuse, the 20 years of disregard given to the case, and lack of punishment for Lokanath. Responding to Satya's public statements in 2010, the GBC Second Vice-Chairman Bhakti Chaitanya Swami sat with Lokanath and helped him write an admission letter in which Lokanath says "I sexually abused her."
Earlier that year - at the GBC Mayapur meetings February 6-17, 2010 - Bhakti Chaitanya Swami had been sworn in as GBC Second Vice-Chairman, part of the 3-member GBC Executive Committee which is rotated every year, out of 36 total GBC members. (The Chairman, First Vice-Chairman, and Second Vice-Chairman make up the three most powerful members of the Governing Body Commission.)
At next year's Mayapur meetings February 20-March 3, 2011, Bhakti Chaitanya Swami moved up to become GBC First Vice-Chairman. In February 2011 he wrote: "The letter Lokanatha Maharaja wrote last year, with input from myself and final editing by Amarendra prabhu, intended to be distributed to his disciples and aspiring disciples, as well as to ISKCON Temple Presidents and other relevant authorities who may deal with initiation recommendations, explaining what he recalls having happened, and apologizing for his transgressions in that regard."
At any point, Bhakti Chaitanya Swami and the other GBC members could have given this case to the Child Protection Office for proper handling. Instead, the lies and cover-up were further perpetuated and dragged on for another 11 years, with just a small percentage of people in ISKCON knowing that Lokanath had sexually abused a child. It is 2021, 31 years after Lokanath sexually assaulted a child, and he continues to be worshipped as a sitting, active guru endorsed by ISKCON.
In 2021, Bhakti Chaitanya Swami became the GBC Chairman (highest position in the GBC and ISKCON). He rightfully gave the Lokanath case to the Child Protection Office to handle, on May 12th, then secretly took it back 5 days later. No explanation was given. No reason, no justification for why this child abuse case stays clenched in the GBC's grasp, refusing to be released to ISKCON's own Child Protection Office. Bhakti Chaitanya Swami was heard in a leaked video saying "... he would like Lokanath Maharaj to voluntarily give up initiating. Anyway, you know, who knows, whether that… "
In the conversation, Bhakti Chaitanya Swami made it clear that he did not want the Lokanath case to be given to the Child Protection without input from the GBC: "And if the panel somehow says that, you know, whatever has been done is enough, then as long as the GBC accepts that, then that’s it."
This goes against the GBC's own policies which set up the Child Protection Office to have full and complete control over the handling of child abuse cases without interference from GBC members or other meddling leaders.
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami has been neck deep in this scandal for over a decade now. Here we see the GBC is yet again protecting one of their own - guru, swami, GBC minister - while pretending to have some kind of process and transparency.
August 27, 2021 letter, from S to Bhakti Chaitanya Swami:
The panel is problematic, as you publicly stated in May that the Lokanath case would be handled by the ISKCON Child Protection Office. There is thus no valid reason why a panel needs to first determine whether a child abuse case should or should not go to the Child Protection Office. This goes against GBC policies. The GBC set up the CPO precisely to investigate accusations of child maltreatment in the most transparent manner possible. Adding this layer is therefore both unnecessary and unprecedented.
Secondly, the membership of the proposed panel is problematic and likely to result in bias. While you have two ICC members on the panel, there is not one person on there whose character and track record offers assurance that the interests of the victim are represented. Given this, the panel does not offer assurance that a fair process will be respected.
By intervening in this case, in violation of their own policies, the GBC look weak and duplicitous, and give the impression that they are skirting their own international child protection policy, compounding historic violations against children to protect powerful ISKCON leaders and gurus.
This is a case of child abuse. The reasoning that it was already handled has no merit, since it has never been reviewed by the Child Protection Office, as established by the GBC in May. Previous efforts by the GBC in this case have clearly been made to protect the perpetrator and the institution. In contrast, the CPO will consider all parties and procedures in a professional manner, which is its mandate. When the CPO was formed in 1998, the CPO reviewed ALL child abuse cases in ISKCON up to that point, including child abuse cases predating the formation of the CPO, such as child abuse in Mayapur in the 1970s, even though it had also been previously investigated by the GBC.
The Lokanath case has been mishandled 5 times over the last 3 decades by the GBC: 1993, 1998, 2012, 2017, and now again in 2021. The fact that it keeps recrudescing, is clear evidence that the way the GBC has been handling this case is unacceptable to the greater devotee community. The Child Protection Office is the only "panel" qualified, trained and designated to review this case. That is what they do. That is why they were formed. Taking power away from them is disgraceful and sends the message that the topmost authorities in Prabhupada’s movement do not care about children, and that GBC policies don’t apply to those who have friends in powerful places.
This case will never be put to rest until the GBC steps aside and allows the CPO to handle this case without interference. This preferential treatment being given to Lokanath Swami reeks of corruption and nepotism.
In 2007 the GBC RESOLVED:
"Whenever the ISKCON Central Office of Child Protection rules that an offense is such as to restrict a person from serving in ISKCON in positions of leadership (including but not limited to offices of GBC, minister, zonal secretary or temple officer), the restriction must include the position of initiating guru. This restriction shall apply to all previous and future decisions of the Central Office of Child Protection." https://gbc.iskcon.org/2007
The GBC investigated the Lokanath case originally and found what he did was sexual abuse to a child, therefore the GBC should follow their own resolution and remove Lokanath Swami from all positions of leadership. There is no hiding; there is no obfuscating the truth. More and more information with the Lokanath case will see the light of day. This will not go away. Three things can not be hidden for long: the sun, the moon, the truth. Mistakes have been made, but they can be rectified. Although you were not one of the 7 GBC members on the original committee to investigate this case in 1993, your involvement in the 2010 Admission Letter should be acknowledged.
Anyone involved in the conspiracy to cover up Lokanath Swami’s sexual abuse against the child Satya, needs to come clean and apologize. Devotees are forgiving. Especially when they see that the right thing is being done.
S dasi
At any point, Bhakti Chaitanya Swami and the other GBC members could have given this case to the Child Protection Office for proper handling. Instead, the lies and cover-up were further perpetuated and dragged on for another 11 years, with just a small percentage of people in ISKCON knowing that Lokanath had sexually abused a child. It is 2021, 31 years after Lokanath sexually assaulted a child, and he continues to be worshipped as a sitting, active guru endorsed by ISKCON.
In 2021, Bhakti Chaitanya Swami became the GBC Chairman (highest position in the GBC and ISKCON). He rightfully gave the Lokanath case to the Child Protection Office to handle, on May 12th, then secretly took it back 5 days later. No explanation was given. No reason, no justification for why this child abuse case stays clenched in the GBC's grasp, refusing to be released to ISKCON's own Child Protection Office. Bhakti Chaitanya Swami was heard in a leaked video saying "... he would like Lokanath Maharaj to voluntarily give up initiating. Anyway, you know, who knows, whether that… "
In the conversation, Bhakti Chaitanya Swami made it clear that he did not want the Lokanath case to be given to the Child Protection without input from the GBC: "And if the panel somehow says that, you know, whatever has been done is enough, then as long as the GBC accepts that, then that’s it."
This goes against the GBC's own policies which set up the Child Protection Office to have full and complete control over the handling of child abuse cases without interference from GBC members or other meddling leaders.
Bhakti Chaitanya Swami has been neck deep in this scandal for over a decade now. Here we see the GBC is yet again protecting one of their own - guru, swami, GBC minister - while pretending to have some kind of process and transparency.
August 27, 2021 letter, from S to Bhakti Chaitanya Swami:
The panel is problematic, as you publicly stated in May that the Lokanath case would be handled by the ISKCON Child Protection Office. There is thus no valid reason why a panel needs to first determine whether a child abuse case should or should not go to the Child Protection Office. This goes against GBC policies. The GBC set up the CPO precisely to investigate accusations of child maltreatment in the most transparent manner possible. Adding this layer is therefore both unnecessary and unprecedented.
Secondly, the membership of the proposed panel is problematic and likely to result in bias. While you have two ICC members on the panel, there is not one person on there whose character and track record offers assurance that the interests of the victim are represented. Given this, the panel does not offer assurance that a fair process will be respected.
By intervening in this case, in violation of their own policies, the GBC look weak and duplicitous, and give the impression that they are skirting their own international child protection policy, compounding historic violations against children to protect powerful ISKCON leaders and gurus.
This is a case of child abuse. The reasoning that it was already handled has no merit, since it has never been reviewed by the Child Protection Office, as established by the GBC in May. Previous efforts by the GBC in this case have clearly been made to protect the perpetrator and the institution. In contrast, the CPO will consider all parties and procedures in a professional manner, which is its mandate. When the CPO was formed in 1998, the CPO reviewed ALL child abuse cases in ISKCON up to that point, including child abuse cases predating the formation of the CPO, such as child abuse in Mayapur in the 1970s, even though it had also been previously investigated by the GBC.
The Lokanath case has been mishandled 5 times over the last 3 decades by the GBC: 1993, 1998, 2012, 2017, and now again in 2021. The fact that it keeps recrudescing, is clear evidence that the way the GBC has been handling this case is unacceptable to the greater devotee community. The Child Protection Office is the only "panel" qualified, trained and designated to review this case. That is what they do. That is why they were formed. Taking power away from them is disgraceful and sends the message that the topmost authorities in Prabhupada’s movement do not care about children, and that GBC policies don’t apply to those who have friends in powerful places.
This case will never be put to rest until the GBC steps aside and allows the CPO to handle this case without interference. This preferential treatment being given to Lokanath Swami reeks of corruption and nepotism.
In 2007 the GBC RESOLVED:
"Whenever the ISKCON Central Office of Child Protection rules that an offense is such as to restrict a person from serving in ISKCON in positions of leadership (including but not limited to offices of GBC, minister, zonal secretary or temple officer), the restriction must include the position of initiating guru. This restriction shall apply to all previous and future decisions of the Central Office of Child Protection." https://gbc.iskcon.org/2007
The GBC investigated the Lokanath case originally and found what he did was sexual abuse to a child, therefore the GBC should follow their own resolution and remove Lokanath Swami from all positions of leadership. There is no hiding; there is no obfuscating the truth. More and more information with the Lokanath case will see the light of day. This will not go away. Three things can not be hidden for long: the sun, the moon, the truth. Mistakes have been made, but they can be rectified. Although you were not one of the 7 GBC members on the original committee to investigate this case in 1993, your involvement in the 2010 Admission Letter should be acknowledged.
Anyone involved in the conspiracy to cover up Lokanath Swami’s sexual abuse against the child Satya, needs to come clean and apologize. Devotees are forgiving. Especially when they see that the right thing is being done.
S dasi
The only public information on the GBC-appointed panel to look at the Lokanath case is from this leaked video of Bhakti Chaitanya Swami, where he talks about the panel (before it was announced):
https://satyavrata.wixsite.com/.../gbc-blocks-cpo...
And the GBC public announcement:
https://satyavrata.wixsite.com/.../gbc-panel-to-examine...
Since that announcement^ was made, two people have been added to the panel: Mahaman Das and Bhaktarupa Das.
The panel officially met/started on August 25. So 60 days after that, they will submit a report to the GBC members, who will then take a vote on what to do next? Discuss? I'm not sure. This panel is a sham and goes against the authority of the Child Protection Office, who should be handling this case. That is their designation.
CK: Little gangsters.
GSD: Where is integrity? Where is loyalty to sastric principles?
S Dasi: Double standards when leaders are hiding one of their own.
H Dasi: Ih the double standards.
DD: Its sad this is normal
BP Dasi: Thank you your efforts in laying out the facts of this complicated case so clearly. In fact, it's really not that complicated at all, but has been made so by the direct actions of these clearly conflicted parties in the GBC. When is enough enough?
S Dasi: Right.
PADA: They are going to appoint their own committee. Right. And that is the root cause of the original problem, no one trusts their committee. ys pd
S Dasi: This is like the 31937098457029834750th committee/panel/group looking at the Lokanath case. GIVE IT TO THE CHILD PROTECTION OFFICE ALREADY!!
PADA: Yes, it is a massive foot dragging enterprise on this issue and almost every other significant issue. If we look at a lot of their lists of committees -- the same guys are listed as directors of two, or more. Same people wearing different hats. Thus!
The same few guys monopolize the main committees and get to decide who is on the next committee. And then there is the problem of, which committee is going to oversight and investigate the wrong doings of the other committees? And! When I submitted my recommendations to their various committees on child abuse and etc. I was thrashed, trashed, driven out on a rail, made to walk the plank, barely escaped with my life etc.
So they are just recycling the same few guys around and around and around in various committees, but the root problem guys only allow their own loyalists on these committees, so nothing substantial is ever done. You are doing a good job of exposing their deviated process. It is also no surprise that some of these same guys were encouraging the anti-women GHQ, which was populated by known abusive people. It is a clique. It needs to be -- exposed, because it is dangerous for children, and even dangerous for the people exposing their process. ys pd
PADA: I have not heard about Lokanath molesting another girl that was supposedly previous to the Satya incident. It is possible. If anyone knows send me details -- angel108b@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteM Dasi: Actually true. Any ordinary Western person knows ... God's successors are not illicit sex and pedophiles. These Lokanath ICC people are the most ignorant people on the planet. 160 of them voted to promote the GBC's ... pedophiles as Krishna's gurus ... that means 160 fools.
ReplyDeleteThey have no idea that pedophiles are not God's successors ... when any Western person knows that their whole lives. Lokanath is an ignorant fool and he is making others into ignorant fools. That is why Srila Prabhupada says that the people who are preaching modes of ignorance take birth in ignorance ... they become rats in the sewer ... because their brains are already there. How many people need a committee to decide if pedophiles are God's successors or not?
This is modes of ignorance. And they are preaching that to others ... so they go to hell and they take others with them ... I don't know ... are pedophiles God's successors or not? They have had hundreds of committees since 1978 and ... they still cannot decide in all this time? Modes of ignorance ... and they are spreading to others. Very sinful people.