Lanka court remands prominent Buddhist monk in child sexual abuse case
Published on: May 14, 2026, 5:50 p.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
COLOMBO, May 14: A Sri Lankan court on Thursday remanded one of the most prominent Buddhist monks of the island nation in a case of sexual abuse of a minor girl. The Colombo Fort magistrate’s court served the remand order on 71-year-old Pallegama Hemarathana, chief priest of a prominent Buddhist temple. The court ordered that the monk be kept in remand until May 22 and be transferred to the National Hospital from a private hospital where he had been warded […]
