CHINA
Business Insider
August 3, 2018
By Sinéad Baker
– Shi Xuecheng, one of China’s highest-ranking Buddist monks, is accused of sexual harassment, including demanding sexual favors from nuns.
– Other monks compiled the document, and one said that he and other whistleblowers had been expelled from the temple since making the accusations.
– But outcry on social media and the launch of a government investigation suggests that the #MeToo movement is gaining traction in the region.
– A whistleblower in the monastery said that Xuecheng, who is a well-known figure in China, had so much power that only the government could protect the nuns.
One of China’s highest-ranking Buddist monks is accused of sexual misconduct including demanding sexual favors from nuns — and the launch of a government investigation shows that the #MeToo movement may be gaining traction in the region.
Shi Xuecheng of the Longquan Monastery in Beijing is accused in a 95-document compiled by his fellow monks.
Both Xuecheng and the monastery denied the claims, but the document, which includes testimony from the alleged victims, leaked onto social media last week, resulting in public outcry and state media coverage before it was censored.
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