Alachua ISKCON Promoting Bhakti Purushottama Swami 06 11 25

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SRD: Recently Mother Mukhya welcomed Bhakti Purushottam Swami (BPS) to give class at the Alachua temple. There are some allegations of child sexual abuse perpetrated by Bhakti Purushottam Swami.

The allegations were confirmed by Anuttama das in a letter he wrote to the NA temples before BPS visited the USA.

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In his letter Anuttama stated that it is up to the discretion of each individual temple to decide whether to invite BPS. On one hand we are all entitled to the presumption of innocence until proven guilty. On the other it has been notoriously difficult to confirm child abuse allegation in India.

A man may be innocent until proven guilty, but would you invite such a man to look after your children unless or until he is convicted? Hopefully not. Taking into account that there are so many families and children in the Alachua community, I would like to ask Mother Mukhya if she would be willing to explain why she felt that it was respectful and considerate to invite another senior man who has allegations of child sexual abuse to speak at the temple?

How does this decision serve the best interest of the Alachua temple community? How does it contribute to create an environment where children are safe? From what I can see it doesn't. On the contrary it only reinforces the culture of tolerance and minimization of child abuse that has been plaguing ISKCON for 50 years.

The implications and optics of this decision do not look good for the Alachua community.

AP: A concerned mother messaged Mukhya and asked her to please not allow Bhakti Purishottam to give class on Sunday. Mukhya told her that the GBC hasn't made any reports against him and that the allegations were a few years ago. She completely dismissed the mother's concerns.

SRD: Anuttama sent that email to all the NA temple presidents, Mukhya cannot deny that she was aware of the allegations. The question is, why would she choose to invite someone like BPS as a guest speaker in the Alachua community???

AJ: ISKCON continues in complete denial about the overwhelming evidence of abuse of children by ISCKON leaders.

CM: I had to refrain from going to the temple last Sunday when I found out he was giving the main talk. I'm not sure how I would react to the presence of a known predator... giving class!

NS: Why are these people so adamant on being with the children!!!!!!

AJD: Ask HG Hansarupa Prabhu acbsp, he knows it all, and it's not nice.

RR: He is traveling with his home sex partner srihari das who has given writing that gbc has settled this matter with him

TD: !!!!!