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By: Shashi Kei
Just when you thought the Tibetan leadership couldn’t afford another scandal, one erupts involving the Tibetan people’s highest official and most visible figure, the Dalai Lama himself.
On 24th January 2018, the Daily Mail ran a story with a blistering headline, “Dalai Lama was paid $1 MILLION to endorse women-branding ‘sex cult’ after secret deal between Buddhist’s celibate U.S. emissary and his Seagram billionaire ‘lover’”. While some Dalai Lama fans may discredit the Daily Mail as a gossip-mongering tabloid, the story itself is an extension of The Guardian’s news about the dubious activities of Tenzin Dhonden, the Dalai Lama’s personal emissary in America, involving sex and money. In addition, the Daily Mail was not reporting on a new story but rather, it ran a detailed narrative about the Dalai Lama’s involvement with Keith Raniere, the founder of the NXVIM cult who is today on the run from the law. The event itself took place in Albany in 2009 when the Dalai Lama graced a NXVIM event and endorsed Keith Raniere.
What should disturb the Tibetan leadership is this – the Daily Mail report confirms that the eyes of the global media are now trained on the Tibetan leadership and, unlike previously, seem to be unwilling to let old delinquencies slide. This translates into more trouble for the Dalai Lama and his exile government, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) who finds itself increasingly under scrutiny as it is hit with one scandal after another. Apart from the Tenzin Dhonden blow to the credibility of the Dalai Lama, the CTA’s trustworthiness has also been called into question recently when sacked ex-Dalai Lama representative to New York, Penpa Tsering who is also a political rival to the incumbent CTA Prime Minister, Dr Lobsang Sangay, exposed that a sum of $1.5 million from the International Campaign for Tibet may have been misappropriated under Sangay’s directive.
Whether inadvertent or not, the Dalai Lama contributes to the Tibetan leadership’s notoriety. The Nobel Laureate being named in the NXVIM scandal with the inference that he endorsed Keith Raniere in exchange for money is reminiscent of his endorsement of Aum Shinrikyo’s cult leader, Shoko Asahara, for a reported sum of $1.5 million in donations. Asahara, whom the Dalai Lama regarded as a close friend, would go on to carry out the deadly Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, where 13 people perished and up to 6000 were hurt.
The office of the Dalai Lama has since refuted the claim that the Dalai Lama’s appearance at the NXVIM event was the result of a sum of money changing hands. But, regardless of whether the Dalai Lama’s endorsement was made in exchange for financial gain or not, the simple fact is that the Dalai Lama did legitimize Keith Raniere, even writing an extensive foreword for Raniere’s book, The Sphinx & Thelxiepeia. This calls into question the spiritual leader’s judgement and his advisors’ competence in vetting who the Dalai Lama associates with.
Ironically, the Dalai Lama is said to be a living Buddha, complete with omniscience, omnipresence and perfect clairvoyance. That is why he is worshipped and his instructions obeyed without question. It is therefore strange that such clairvoyance failed to detect the Mephistophelian schemes of the Keith Raineres and Shoko Asaharas, whereas it is supposed to have worked when the spiritual leader proclaimed in his divine wisdom that the 400-year-old enlightened Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden was evil and contemptible. Clearly, it is highly probable that the Dalai Lama made a mistake in the case of Dorje Shugden, as he did in the cases of Raineres and Asahara.
A Sinking Ship
Whilst it is common knowledge that the CTA reeks of corruption scandals, the politicians at the CTA could not have picked a worse time for their shenanigans to be discovered and aired publicly. In the past few years itself, the CTA has lost its erstwhile firm footing on the international stage as country after country snubs a Dalai Lama whose popularity seems to be waning fast. The casualty is of course the ordinary Tibetan’s dream to return to his homeland, a dream that the Tibetans have hung on to for over half a century, a dream that is going up in smoke as CTA politicians fight over rights to have first bites over a very lucrative trough overflowing with donations from well wishers – almost 60 years worth of government grants, public donations and unknown sums in the form of private donations, not to mention gifts and inheritances, to be exact.
Questions are looming – why does the Dalai Lama allow this and how can he not know of such rife corruption and impropriety amongst his government’s top officials? Is the Dalai Lama a part of a secret scheme or is he really out of touch with what is going on around him and in the world? Comments abound with some saying that the Dalai Lama should not have to bear the blame for the malfeasance of some of his officials and the negligence of the rest of his people. Others ask, why should the Dalai Lama be absolved from any blame when it is well known that nothing happens except with his express permission? Yet others ask, why should the Dalai Lama not take the rap for the mistakes of his advisors and assistants seeing that he takes all the credit when they perform well? And, seeing that the Dalai Lama has been glorified for every suffering his people have endured, should he not also take the blame for their wrongdoings?
Amidst these myriad questions, one has been answered resoundingly and that is the question of whether the Dalai Lama’s government is up to the task of managing a Tibet with a population of 6 million, if by some chance they regain control of their homeland. These scandals suggest that the Tibetan leadership cannot. Not when the top men in the Dalai Lama’s coterie are falling over themselves managing a mere 150,000 Tibetans in diaspora.
Questions will continue to be asked as investigators and journalists smell blood. They sense that what they have seen so far is only the tip of the iceberg. 60 years in exile, with zero accountability and unknown amounts of money moving under the ambiguous preface of “Tibetan Freedom” seems to be the formula for a lot of things to go wrong.
EXCLUSIVE: Dalai Lama was paid $1 MILLION to endorse women-branding ‘sex cult’ after secret deal between Buddhist’s celibate U.S. emissary and his Seagram billionaire ‘lover’
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5230067/Dalai-Lamas-1-MILLION-women-branding-sex-cult.html. Click to enlarge.
Addendum
Eagle-eyed observers have noticed that many prominent sponsors of the Dalai Lama, and people who have been praised by the Dalai Lama often end up mired in self-created scandals or have their corrupt and sickening actions exposed.
The latest is Keith Raniere, the wealthy leader of the NXIVM cult who has just been arrested in Mexico and has since been extradited to the United States where he faces charges of sexual abuse. Mr Raniere had previously paid the Dalai Lama US$1 million to address NXIVM members in an event that has since been promoted as the Dalai Lama’s endorsement of Mr Raniere. The Dalai Lama has also previously written a foreword for Mr Raniere’s book titled “The Sphinx & Thelxiepeia”.
Mr Raniere joins a list of other prominent associates of the Dalai Lama who have been charged with various felonies or accused of various offences, including:
The Dalai Lama’s endorsement of Keith Raniere included writing a foreword for The Sphinx & Thelxiepeia, a book by Mr Raniere. Click to enlarge.
- Sogyal Rinpoche, infamous now for molesting women, whose acts have been mentioned in various websites and news portals for nearly a decade. He was even the subject of a BBC documentary, as well as videos produced by his victims, to expose his immoral acts.
- Tenzin Dhonden, the personal emissary of the Dalai Lama who was suspended for corruption and embezzlement. It was later revealed that he had sexual relations with a wealthy heiress. It was also Tenzin Dhonden who introduced the Dalai Lama to Mr Raniere, and had the Dalai Lama accept a financial gift from Mr Raniere. In exchange, the Dalai Lama appeared at a talk that Mr Raniere hosted, to praise Mr Raniere thereby legitimizing his organization. How many women joined NXIVM as a result of the Dalai Lama’s endorsement, and were subsequently put at risk of sexual abuse? Tenzin Dhonden is responsible for this.
- Penpa Tsering, the Dalai Lama’s representative in North America, who has for years dodged allegations of various illegalities including murder and associations with a visa-trafficking ring. It is believed that his sudden sacking was to evade another CTA scandal, in which he discovered that Tibetan President Lobsang Sangay had somehow pilfered US$1.5 million from the Tibetan people.
- Phachok Rinpoche, whose bank accounts in Nepal were frozen due to allegations of money laundering. It is claimed that during the 2015 Nepal earthquake which devastated the country and left thousands of people homeless and destitute, Phachok Rinpoche raised money on the pretext of helping earthquake victims but he never actually disbursed the funds to them.
Above are just some examples of people who were endorsed by the Dalai Lama himself one way or another, but were later exposed as corrupt, conniving or simply despicable individuals. This again leaves people thinking, is the Dalai Lama really psychic? If he is, why did he allow and encourage the misdeeds of these people?
Click to enlarge. (Source: https://nypost.com/2018/03/26/cult-leader-arrested-for-allegedly-branding-women-keeping-them-as-slaves/)
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Carolle McAquire
July 11, 2018
Dalai Lama for debate, discussion to reconcile opposing viewpoints
The Dalai Lama always says we should have honest face to face discussion so misunderstandings are resolved especially on religious issues. Why does the Dalai Lama refuse to meet the Dorje Shugden followers who number in the hundreds of thousands to resolve the Dorje Shugden issue. Many letters have been submitted to request audience since 1996 and he and his office does not reply. Dalai Lama’s spirit of open debate and resolutions is not across the board. Too bad. Carolle McAquire
http://www.uniindia.com/dalai-lama-for-debate-discussion-to-reconcile-opposing-viewpoints/states/news/1285325.html
Bonnie Fider
July 12, 2018
WHY DOES RICHARD GERE AND DALAI LAMA SUPPORT SOGYAL THE DISGUSTING ABUSER?
As long as you are friends with the Dalai Lama, your actions are excusable, no matter how horrendous they may be. Even something as heinous as sexual abuse of over 60 women can be overlooked when the perpetrator is friends with the Dalai Lama namely Sogyal Rinpoche. Why rush to join the chorus of Hollywood voices condemning Harvey Weinstein’s criminality, but remain silent against Sogyal’s exploitation and abuse of women? Richard Gere was vocal in condemning against all the abuses and attacks against women by Harvey Weinstein. But silent on Sogyal Rinpoche. BBC has a full length documentary on Sogyal’s abuses as you can view here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWhIivvmMnk. Yet Richard Gere can take photos with the disgusting and abusive Sogyal. Is it because one group of women are worth protecting and the other are not? If it is not for that reason, then it can only be because Sogyal is the Dalai Lama’s friend. The Dalai Lama’s condemnation against Sogyal is very light and it’s disappointing. I guess since Dalai Lama supported Sogyal so much, he can’t be seen as wrong in doing so. Politics is sad.
Sherab Wangmo
July 12, 2018
TENMA VERY ANGRY WITH SIKYONG LOBSANG SANGYE AND PENPA TSERING
Tenma deity takes trance of her oracle in Nechung Monastery in Dharamsala, North India. The deity is highly displeased and angry at Sikyong Lobsang Sangye and Penpa Tsering. She is scolding them by waving her arms at them and throwing rice at them. You can see Penpa Tsering shielding himself. These two has always been corrupt and extremely self-serving. Naturally the oracles of the Dalai Lama take trance and are very angry.
http://video.dorjeshugden.com/comment-videos/comment-1531344206.mp4
Suresh Ratna
July 13, 2018
SUMAA has been consistent in their efforts to evict Tibetans from Arunachal Pradesh as the Tibetans are known to exploit benefits given to locals. The Central Tibetan Administration, especially their so-called ‘president’ Lobsang Sangay, made the situation worse by rubbing salt in the wound, making a statement that Chief Minister Pema Khandu is an ardent follower of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and a lifelong friend of the Tibetan people. This was right after Khandu announced the adoption of the Tibetan Rehabilitation Policy in Arunachal Pradesh.
Tibetan refugees create a lot of problems for the locals no matter where they are, especially in Arunachal Pradesh. They take the locals’ land and resources without giving anything in return, making the locals furious to the extent that they are now demanding a written undertaking from the Tibetan refugees not to claim Indian citizenship and STC/PRC in Arunachal Pradesh. It is time to impeach Sangay for a better leader to guide and take care of the Tibetans in India before the wrath of locals evict Tibetans from the state or even the country for good.
Christie Donald
July 14, 2018
Hollywood is one of the most influential groups of people who have promoted the mysticism of Buddhist Tantra to the world. Together with the media, they have packaged Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan lamas into a fantasy Utopia, filled with God-like beings who are able to lead people along the quick path to enlightenment.
This propaganda has been widely exploited by the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) to garner support, especially financial aid, for the so-called Tibetan Cause and the Tibetan struggle against Chinese rule. Little does the West, including Richard Gere and the so-called Buddhist Professor Robert Thurman, know that efforts from China to improve the infrastructure and standard of living for the Tibetans in China have created opportunities for Tibetans to grow and be successful. This is something that is rarely seen in exile under the governance of the CTA.
This false image that has been promoted for the past 60 years or so is now slowly fading away as more and more victims come forward, exposing the sexual abuse they have suffered under the hands of Tibetan lamas like Sogyal Rinpoche. The root of the problem is clear, people are greedy and lazy while wanting quick success and attention. Since they get these from the Tibetan lamas like Sogyal, they are willing to accept the exploitation. This is further driven by fear that they would no longer be seen as the privileged ones in the inner circle if they do not clutch at their lamas and be seen showing tremendous devotion to their gurus. With only a superficial knowledge of Buddhism, this cult-like group of Hollywood stars and American politicians like Richard Gere continue to generate respect and love for their skewed version of the “Dharma”, while real Buddhist masters are relegated to the side lines.
Tsewang
July 26, 2018
Tai Situpa’s Karmapa candidate’s escape to USA and continued stay in USA is a huge embarrassment to the Dalai Lama and Tibetan government in exile. The Karmapa said he is very sad with his situation in his recent video (youtu.be/AdI4DMRFkm4?hid).
Dalai Lama wants Tibet to be part of China
August 7, 2018
Dalai Lama says returning to China is better for Tibetans-What do rangzen (Tibet Independence fighters) people fighting for Tibet’s freedom do now??? Have we wasted our time?
Suddenly the Dalai Lama keeps insisting he wants to be a part of China. How about all the tens of millions of dollars in money and so much time and resource poured into the Free Tibet movement for 57 years in exile. Is that all wasted? Is that all down the drain? How can the Dalai Lama turn around on us like that?
If Dalai Lama returns to Tibet/China, then he is telling the world China is good for Tibetans and we Tibetans want to be a part of China. Is that correct? So Dalai Lama is telling the world that Tibet is a part of China? After so many years of saying we want independence and our country was eaten and now Dalai Lama is sending what message to the world?
How will India feel after hosting the Dalai Lama for so many years? – This one minute video shows the Dalai Lama August 2018 saying he feels Tibet should be a part of China! -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xLKINuIrtE
Dalai Lama wants Tibet to be part of China
August 8, 2018
Dalai Lama says returning to China is better for Tibetans-What do rangzen (Tibet Independence fighters) people fighting for Tibet’s freedom do now??? Have we wasted our time?
Suddenly the Dalai Lama keeps insisting he wants to be a part of China. How about all the tens of millions of dollars in money and so much time and resource poured into the Free Tibet movement for 57 years in exile. Is that all wasted? Is that all down the drain? How can the Dalai Lama turn around on us like that?
If Dalai Lama returns to Tibet/China, then he is telling the world China is good for Tibetans and we Tibetans want to be a part of China. Is that correct? So Dalai Lama is telling the world that Tibet is a part of China? After so many years of saying we want independence and our country was eaten and now Dalai Lama is sending what message to the world?
How will India feel after hosting the Dalai Lama for so many years? – This one minute video shows the Dalai Lama August 2018 saying he feels Tibet should be a part of China!
http://video.dorjeshugden.com/comment-videos/comment-1533732491.mp4
Yoezer
August 8, 2018
While the government of Nepal has framed a policy to tighten the noose around non-governmental organisations, they have welcomed 30 Chinese NGOs to enter the country. These NGOs will penetrate the country’s social sector at the grassroots level. This is the first time such a large number of Chinese NGOs have entered Nepal at one time. Nepal is increasingly open to Chinese influence, a sign that ties between both countries are strengthening, while India’s influence is being reduced. The time has passed for India’s monopoly to remain uninterrupted in Nepal as opportunities to engage with China are being welcomed.
Jampa Lhundup
August 8, 2018
The Nikkei Asian Review is a highly reputable news platform. They are not tabloid in any sense of the word. What they publish is reputable and thoroughly reliable. They mention clearly in an article published August 7, 2018 that the Dalai Lama has a terminal illness. The Prime Minister of India knowing this is now conciliatory towards China. He understands that the Dalai Lama cannot be used as a pawn in irritating China any further. Negotiations are progressing that after the passing of Dalai Lama, his government in-exile will close. The end.
Lhakpa Dhendup
August 11, 2018
What will the all the people around the world and in Tibet do now? Dalai Lama says he is happy that Tibet is a part of China and should remain a part of China. So many Tibetans self-immolated for Tibet to be independent and now Dalai Lama did a 360 degree turn and says he wants to go back to Tibet and China and Tibet should be a part of China. So unbelievable. So many are angry and disappointed.
Dalai Lama should set things right
August 12, 2018
Dear Dalai Lama,
Since you started the cruel ban against the 350 year Dorje Shugden practice, how has it benefit your Tibetan society and Buddhism in the world? Things have become worse and most educated Tibetans can see this. They don’t speak out not because they don’t see your ban as wrong, but you instill fear in them and not respect. It is like fear of a dictator. I am sorry to say so. Everyone is divided. There is no harmony. Before your ban there was more harmony and unity.
By enacting the ban, you split the monasteries, split so many families, split regions in Tibet apart, split your disciples from you, split your own gurus from you, split Tibetan Buddhism apart. You have created so much disharmony.
It is not democratic what you have done to ban a religion within your community. You always talk of tolerance and acceptance and democracy and yet you do not accept and tolerate something different from your beliefs. When people practice Dorje Shugden you ostracize them, ban them from seeing you, ban them from using Tibetan facilities. You know you have done that. There are videos that capture your speech and prove this point. You even had people expelled from monasteries just because they practice Dorje Shugden. Some of the monks you expelled have been in the monastery for over 40 years. Many older monks shed tears because of this.
Many young educated Tibetans lost confidence in you as they saw the damage the Dorje Shugden ban created and they lose hope. Many have become free thinkers. They reject what you have done. So many people in the west left Buddhism because of the confusion you created with this ban against Dorje Shugden which is immoral.
You could of had millions of people who practice Dorje Shugden to support, love and follow you, but you scared them away. They are hurt and very disappointed. They loved you and respected you deeply before the ban. It has been 60 years and you have failed to get Tibet back. Your biggest failure is not getting Tibet back after 57 years in exile. Now you are begging China to allow you to return to Tibet to the disappointment of thousands of people who fought for a free Tibet believing in you. So many self-immolated for a free Tibet and now you want Tibet to be a part of China with no referendum from Tibetans. Just like a dictator, you decide on your own. It was your government and you that lost Tibet in the first place. Your policies and style of doing things do not benefit Tibet and Buddhism. You have been the sole ruler of Tibet your whole life and you still have not gotten our country of Tibet back for us. Our families and us are separated. Yet you create more pain by creating a ban to further divide people. Please have compassion.
No other Buddhist leader has banned or condemned any religion except for you. It looks very bad. You are a Nobel laureate and this is not fitting of a laureate. You should unite people and not separate them by religious differences.
You said Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi did not do right to the Rohingya people in Myanmar due to religious differences, but you are doing the same thing to the Shugden Buddhists within your own society. There is a parallel in this. You separate the Shugden Buddhists from the others in Tibetan society.
You have lost so many people who would have loved and supported you. You have lost so much support around the world. The Shugden Buddhists who love you number in the millions. When you are fast losing support from governments and private people, it will not do you well to lose more.
After you are passed away in the future, the rift you created between the Dorje Shugden and non-Dorje Shugden people will remain for a while and that will be your legacy. Disharmony. You will be remembered for this. Not as a hero but a disharmony creator.
Dorje Shugden will spread and further grow, but you will be no more as you are a human. No one wishes you bad and in fact we hope you have a long and healthy life, but we have lost so much hope and have so much despair because of you. All the hundreds of Dorje Shugden lamas, tulkus and geshes are maturing and there are hundreds of Dorje Shugden monasteries in Tibet who will not give up Dorje Shugden. You have made a mistake. These hundreds of teachers and teachers to be will spread Dorje Shugden further in the future.
The gurus that gave us Dorje Shugden as a spiritual practice and you have called these holy gurus wrong and they are mistaken in giving us Dorje Shugden. How can you insult our gurus whom we respect so much? If they can be wrong, then you can be wrong. Then all gurus can be wrong. So no one needs to listen to any guru? You have created this trend. It is not healthy. Your own gurus practiced Dorje Shugden their whole lives. Your own gurus were exemplary and highly learned.
Dalai Lama you have created so much pain with this ban against so many people due to religion. You are ageing fast. Are you going to do anything about it or stay stubborn, hard and un-moving. You show a smile and preach peace and harmony wherever you go. But will you do the same to your own people? Please rectify the wrong you have done. Please before it is too late. You can create harmony again or you can pass away in the future with this legacy of peace. May you live long and think carefully and admit what was a mistake in having this unethical ban against Dorje Shugden religion.
Ayana
August 14, 2018
Why doesn’t the United States and its allies end Refugee Status for the useless Tibetans? They have been refugees for 60 years now and don’t tell me they still cannot get their lives back in order?
Tibetans really know how to put on a good show and use people, take their money and do nothing in return.
Ojas
August 15, 2018
Supreme Court of India JUSTICE Mr. MARKANDEY KATJU (RETD) writes that Tibet is much better under the Chinese than it was under the lamas who only wanted to make the populace slaves. It was feudal and it will never return to the backwardness again.
Vardaniya
August 20, 2018
The cracks in Tibetan society are starting to show, and it is now coming to the attention of local Indians who have all but identified the Tibetan leadership as the source of the divisions. According to this author, disunity amongst the Tibetans is now creating problems for Indian law enforcement agencies, and this disunity may culminate in young Tibetans holding silent grudges against their host country. It is incredible that after six decades of generosity from India, Indians are now facing the very real possibility Tibetans can be ungrateful towards India. The Tibetan leadership totally failed to impart positive values upon their exiled community, like gratitude for those kindest to them and the need to repay these kindnesses with real, tangible results. It’s also very unlikely that the Tibetan leadership will now start to do this, after six decades of failing to do so. Indians need to realise this, and see that there is no benefit for their nation to align themselves with the Tibetan leadership, and there never will be.
Maya
August 24, 2018
Although the Dalai Lama has offered an apology, the Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) still expressed their disappointment over his controversial comment on Nehru, the Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC). Dalai Lama called Nehru self-centred.
The Congress said Dalai Lama being a foreigner should shun and refrain from interfering in the internal as well as external affairs of India.
SabrinaS
October 14, 2018
it is so strange that the Dalai Lama allows himself to be associated with all these sex and money scandals, especially when he has the clairvoyance of an enlightened mind. Why does he constantly allow himself to be used and degraded like that? I could understand that many would take advantage of his status to promote themselves for monetary reasons but the Dalai Lama don’t necessarily have to follow their plans, right? The thing is when found out, the Dalai Lama just lets off the perpetrators with a “pat on the back”. And on the flip side, the Dorje Shugden practitioners who just want to have their rights of peaceful practice gets all the ugliness of discrimination, persecution, segregation and threats. The Dalai Lama himself stated to throw out the DS Lamas from their monastery by force. Wow! How hypocritical can that be while preaching compassion to the world.
The Beast Dalai Lama Endorsed
May 29, 2019
😱TWISTED
NXIVM ‘Sex Cult’ Leader Forced 3 Sisters to Get Abortions, Ex-Follower Testifies
A woman gives the most-shocking testimony yet in the trial of the alleged cult leader.
NXIVM leader Keith Raniere forced three sisters he impregnated to get abortions, one of them testified on Tuesday.
The woman, identified by prosecutors only as Daniela, told jurors in Brooklyn federal court she realized she was pregnant in late 2006 and under Raniere’s direction, went to an abortion clinic near the self-help group’s Albany, New York, compound.
It was the same clinic, Daniela said she later learned, to which her older sister had gone two years prior for an abortion following sex with Raniere.
Daniela said her youngest sister had an abortion years later, two days after her 18th birthday.
“I didn’t want to have a baby and I didn’t want to have a baby with Keith,” Daniela said. “He was with a lot of women and he was with my sister and that was was not OK.”
Raniere, 58, is accused of secretly running a sex-cult pyramid scheme that manipulated, scammed, and enslaved its members while publicly promoting NXIVM as a self-help group. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy, child exploitation, and child pornography.
Read more:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nxivm-keith-raniere-leader-forced-3-sisters-to-get-abortions-ex-follower-testifies?via=twitter_page