Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: February 16, 2002 to February 28, 2002

ISKCON/Hare Krishna/Children

Hare Krishnas to Declare Bankruptcy to Avoid Suit

Hare Krishna congregations named in a lawsuit alleging sexual and emotional abuse of boarding school students will file for bankruptcy reorganization in several sates. The group hopes that if their plan is approved by federal bankruptcy judges, the $400 million (£280 million) lawsuit filed in Dallas by former boarding school students will be dismissed.

Anuttama Dasa, a Maryland-based spokesman for the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, or ISKCON, said: "We don't believe that innocent members and congregations should be held accountable for the deviant behavior of individual acts committed 20 or 30 years ago." ISKCON also plans to set up a fund to compensate children who may have been victimized in Hare Krishna schools during the 1970s and 1980s.

The Texas lawsuit alleges young children at Krishna schools in India and the United States were terrorized by their instructors. The suit claims that young girls were given as brides to older men who donated to the religious community. Children were also allegedly deprived of medical care, scrubbed with steel wool until their skin bled, and prevented from leaving the school. (Ananova, 2/7/02, Internet)

Hare Krishnas Win Suit for "Mocking" Them

ISKCON in the U.K. recently won a suit against the House of Fraser, Ltd., that includes an award of £17,500 in compensation, legal costs, and a public apology, all for "mocking" the group in an ad.

The House of Fraser published a double-page advertisement in the April 2001 issue of The Face magazine that featured Hare Krishna Hindu devotees and included the text: "Linea Directions ­ wear it and pity those who can't; exclusive to House of Fraser. If I wasn't a chanting, cymbal banging easily led nutcase who'd been brainwashed by some loony religious sect, I could be wearing Linea Directions' extra-fine marino sweater and linen jeans."

Shivarama Swami, the head of the Hare Krishna movement in the UK, said of the decision: "This is not just a victory for the Hare Krishna movement, or even just a victory for Hinduism; this is a victory for the rights of religious worship and expression. This will set a standard for the future and be a warning to other companies not to use someone's religious faith as a nasty and spiteful advertising campaign." (Press release from ISKCON, 2/25/02, Internet)

News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: February 16, 2002 to February 28, 2002

ISKCON/Hare Krishna/Children

Hare Krishnas to Declare Bankruptcy to Avoid Suit

Hare Krishna congregations named in a lawsuit alleging sexual and emotional abuse of boarding school students will file for bankruptcy reorganization in several sates. The group hopes that if their plan is approved by federal bankruptcy judges, the $400 million (£280 million) lawsuit filed in Dallas by former boarding school students will be dismissed.

Anuttama Dasa, a Maryland-based spokesman for the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, or ISKCON, said: "We don't believe that innocent members and congregations should be held accountable for the deviant behavior of individual acts committed 20 or 30 years ago." ISKCON also plans to set up a fund to compensate children who may have been victimized in Hare Krishna schools during the 1970s and 1980s.

The Texas lawsuit alleges young children at Krishna schools in India and the United States were terrorized by their instructors. The suit claims that young girls were given as brides to older men who donated to the religious community. Children were also allegedly deprived of medical care, scrubbed with steel wool until their skin bled, and prevented from leaving the school. (Ananova, 2/7/02, Internet)

Hare Krishnas Win Suit for "Mocking" Them

ISKCON in the U.K. recently won a suit against the House of Fraser, Ltd., that includes an award of £17,500 in compensation, legal costs, and a public apology, all for "mocking" the group in an ad.

The House of Fraser published a double-page advertisement in the April 2001 issue of The Face magazine that featured Hare Krishna Hindu devotees and included the text: "Linea Directions ­ wear it and pity those who can't; exclusive to House of Fraser. If I wasn't a chanting, cymbal banging easily led nutcase who'd been brainwashed by some loony religious sect, I could be wearing Linea Directions' extra-fine marino sweater and linen jeans."

Shivarama Swami, the head of the Hare Krishna movement in the UK, said of the decision: "This is not just a victory for the Hare Krishna movement, or even just a victory for Hinduism; this is a victory for the rights of religious worship and expression. This will set a standard for the future and be a warning to other companies not to use someone's religious faith as a nasty and spiteful advertising campaign." (Press release from ISKCON, 2/25/02, Internet)

News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: February 16, 2002 to February 28, 2002

ISKCON/Hare Krishna/Children

Hare Krishnas to Declare Bankruptcy to Avoid Suit

Hare Krishna congregations named in a lawsuit alleging sexual and emotional abuse of boarding school students will file for bankruptcy reorganization in several sates. The group hopes that if their plan is approved by federal bankruptcy judges, the $400 million (£280 million) lawsuit filed in Dallas by former boarding school students will be dismissed.

Anuttama Dasa, a Maryland-based spokesman for the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, or ISKCON, said: "We don't believe that innocent members and congregations should be held accountable for the deviant behavior of individual acts committed 20 or 30 years ago." ISKCON also plans to set up a fund to compensate children who may have been victimized in Hare Krishna schools during the 1970s and 1980s.

The Texas lawsuit alleges young children at Krishna schools in India and the United States were terrorized by their instructors. The suit claims that young girls were given as brides to older men who donated to the religious community. Children were also allegedly deprived of medical care, scrubbed with steel wool until their skin bled, and prevented from leaving the school. (Ananova, 2/7/02, Internet)

Hare Krishnas Win Suit for "Mocking" Them

ISKCON in the U.K. recently won a suit against the House of Fraser, Ltd., that includes an award of £17,500 in compensation, legal costs, and a public apology, all for "mocking" the group in an ad.

The House of Fraser published a double-page advertisement in the April 2001 issue of The Face magazine that featured Hare Krishna Hindu devotees and included the text: "Linea Directions ­ wear it and pity those who can't; exclusive to House of Fraser. If I wasn't a chanting, cymbal banging easily led nutcase who'd been brainwashed by some loony religious sect, I could be wearing Linea Directions' extra-fine marino sweater and linen jeans."

Shivarama Swami, the head of the Hare Krishna movement in the UK, said of the decision: "This is not just a victory for the Hare Krishna movement, or even just a victory for Hinduism; this is a victory for the rights of religious worship and expression. This will set a standard for the future and be a warning to other companies not to use someone's religious faith as a nasty and spiteful advertising campaign." (Press release from ISKCON, 2/25/02, Internet)

News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: February 16, 2002 to February 28, 2002

ISKCON/Hare Krishna/Children

Hare Krishnas to Declare Bankruptcy to Avoid Suit

Hare Krishna congregations named in a lawsuit alleging sexual and emotional abuse of boarding school students will file for bankruptcy reorganization in several sates. The group hopes that if their plan is approved by federal bankruptcy judges, the $400 million (£280 million) lawsuit filed in Dallas by former boarding school students will be dismissed.

Anuttama Dasa, a Maryland-based spokesman for the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, or ISKCON, said: "We don't believe that innocent members and congregations should be held accountable for the deviant behavior of individual acts committed 20 or 30 years ago." ISKCON also plans to set up a fund to compensate children who may have been victimized in Hare Krishna schools during the 1970s and 1980s.

The Texas lawsuit alleges young children at Krishna schools in India and the United States were terrorized by their instructors. The suit claims that young girls were given as brides to older men who donated to the religious community. Children were also allegedly deprived of medical care, scrubbed with steel wool until their skin bled, and prevented from leaving the school. (Ananova, 2/7/02, Internet)

Hare Krishnas Win Suit for "Mocking" Them

ISKCON in the U.K. recently won a suit against the House of Fraser, Ltd., that includes an award of £17,500 in compensation, legal costs, and a public apology, all for "mocking" the group in an ad.

The House of Fraser published a double-page advertisement in the April 2001 issue of The Face magazine that featured Hare Krishna Hindu devotees and included the text: "Linea Directions ­ wear it and pity those who can't; exclusive to House of Fraser. If I wasn't a chanting, cymbal banging easily led nutcase who'd been brainwashed by some loony religious sect, I could be wearing Linea Directions' extra-fine marino sweater and linen jeans."

Shivarama Swami, the head of the Hare Krishna movement in the UK, said of the decision: "This is not just a victory for the Hare Krishna movement, or even just a victory for Hinduism; this is a victory for the rights of religious worship and expression. This will set a standard for the future and be a warning to other companies not to use someone's religious faith as a nasty and spiteful advertising campaign." (Press release from ISKCON, 2/25/02, Internet)

News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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Issue: archive index
  

International Cultic Studies Association
News Summaries: group

Vol. 1, No. 1, 2002

News Summaries: February 16, 2002 to February 28, 2002

ISKCON/Hare Krishna/Children

Hare Krishnas to Declare Bankruptcy to Avoid Suit

Hare Krishna congregations named in a lawsuit alleging sexual and emotional abuse of boarding school students will file for bankruptcy reorganization in several sates. The group hopes that if their plan is approved by federal bankruptcy judges, the $400 million (£280 million) lawsuit filed in Dallas by former boarding school students will be dismissed.

Anuttama Dasa, a Maryland-based spokesman for the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, or ISKCON, said: "We don't believe that innocent members and congregations should be held accountable for the deviant behavior of individual acts committed 20 or 30 years ago." ISKCON also plans to set up a fund to compensate children who may have been victimized in Hare Krishna schools during the 1970s and 1980s.

The Texas lawsuit alleges young children at Krishna schools in India and the United States were terrorized by their instructors. The suit claims that young girls were given as brides to older men who donated to the religious community. Children were also allegedly deprived of medical care, scrubbed with steel wool until their skin bled, and prevented from leaving the school. (Ananova, 2/7/02, Internet)

Hare Krishnas Win Suit for "Mocking" Them

ISKCON in the U.K. recently won a suit against the House of Fraser, Ltd., that includes an award of £17,500 in compensation, legal costs, and a public apology, all for "mocking" the group in an ad.

The House of Fraser published a double-page advertisement in the April 2001 issue of The Face magazine that featured Hare Krishna Hindu devotees and included the text: "Linea Directions ­ wear it and pity those who can't; exclusive to House of Fraser. If I wasn't a chanting, cymbal banging easily led nutcase who'd been brainwashed by some loony religious sect, I could be wearing Linea Directions' extra-fine marino sweater and linen jeans."

Shivarama Swami, the head of the Hare Krishna movement in the UK, said of the decision: "This is not just a victory for the Hare Krishna movement, or even just a victory for Hinduism; this is a victory for the rights of religious worship and expression. This will set a standard for the future and be a warning to other companies not to use someone's religious faith as a nasty and spiteful advertising campaign." (Press release from ISKCON, 2/25/02, Internet)

News Summaries - group

News: by organization ∆* News: added: 2002 - 03.01 ∆†*News: by topic ∆‡* News: by group ^ Last, First x. Ph.D.: "Title" ∆‡ Attleboro sect: "Judge Keeps Corneaus in Jail" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Aylmer Church of God (posted 3/28/02) ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Falun Gong Hijacks TV Time " - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Falun Gong: "Foreign Protesters Detained / China" - posted: 03/28/02 ∆‡ Hare Krishna (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ House of Prayer (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Kashi Ashram (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Life Space (posted 03/28/02) ∆‡ Operation and Reconnaissance Agents (posted: 03/01/02) ∆‡ Raelians (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Rasheen Nyah Family (posted: 03/28/02) ∆‡ Scientology: "Photo Exhibit on Scientology Founder" - posted: 03/28/02

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