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SINGAPORE – A century-old Buddhist temple in Race Course Road on Friday (Nov 15) denied allegations that its abbot had been having sex with multiple men on its premises.
The 102-year-old Leong San See temple has lodged a police report against a Facebook user who on Thursday posted photos and descriptions allegedly of the Venerable Tuan Boon engaging in sex acts with men.
The Facebook user, whose page uses the temple’s name in Chinese, said that he was a temple devotee and that he wanted to expose the truth to protect the religion.
Buddhist monks are generally expected to be celibate.
When The Straits Times visited the temple on Friday afternoon, Ven Tuan Boon was not present, and a caretaker, who did not wish to be named, said that the abbot was recuperating from a stroke.
The caretaker, who is in her 70s, denied the Facebook allegations.
“Everything on that Facebook page is false rumours. The (Facebook) profile is not operated by the temple. We have no idea who is behind it,” she said in Mandarin.
She and other temple staff said that the police visited the temple yesterday.
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