ALASKA
KTUU
By Austin Baird
Channel 2 News
3:25 p.m. AKDT, October 8, 2013
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—
A Buddhist monk sentenced was last month in Chicago for raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl, and an advocacy group wants to know if there may have been similar crimes in Anchorage.
Camnong Boa-Ubol pleaded guilty to “sexually assaulting a teenage girl for two years at a southwest suburban temple” and received a 15-year sentence.
He lived in Anchorage in May 2012 when he was arrested, and a group that advoacates for clergy sex abuse victims — Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests — is asking for residents to come forward if they know of other abuse by Boa-Ubol.
“Predators rarely stop assaulting others, so we strongly suspect that Boa-Ubol has also hurt innocent kids or vulnerable adults in Alaska,” said David Clohessy, director of SNAP, in a release. “He can still face more charges but only if people find the courage and strength to step forward.”
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