In France, a Buddhist leader accused of abusing children in Slovenia

After reporting Daily are Ronana Chatellier, Former leader of the Buddhist community in Ljubljanawho has been dating for years of trial due to serious allegations of child sexual abuseon the basis of a European arrest order in France. The Ljubljana District Court is the order was issued in Marchto ensure his presence at the main hearing after Chatellier invitations persistently avoided with claims of poor medical conditionalthough a court expert estimated that he was capable of trial.

Chatellier, after the first serious accusations arose against him and was even detained (but released after withdrawing one of the complaints), fled to his native France more than a decade ago. Since then, he has successfully avoided Slovenian courts with constant medical apologies.

Despite the fact that, after reviewing his documentation and talking with him, the French court expert estimated that his medical condition was allowed to travel from France to Ljubljana and active participation in the trial, Chatellier’s advocate is Matthia Vicar In court recently, it has been presenting new health problems. Among other things, he is allegedly accused at a CT investigation for back pain, which is allegedly required surgery, and also indicates signs of the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Due to its constant absence, the main hearing in Ljubljana has not actually begun.

The European Landscape and Transfer Court Chamber is led by a judge Vesna Rom ordered in March this year after proposing this as the only way to ensure his presence. Based on the assessment of the French expert, the Senate also ordered him to be detained, which was not yet final at the last hearing, since Chatellier had not yet received him and could appeal to him.

Serious accusations

The prosecution accuses Chatellier several crimes: a sexual assault on a child, a violation of sexual integrity by abuse of office, and displaying, producing, possessing and transmitting pornographic material. Among the victims are his adoptive parents. Today, the 30-year-old, who was adopted by Chatellier as a 10-year-old girl from the orphanage in St. Petersburg, publicly said that she had been sexually abused for seven years. She said that manipulation and control of every step of her sexual abuse was. At the age of fifteen, she even became pregnant, and the case was reported to the police by her gynecologist.

Another publicly exposed victim is her half -brother, an American who Chatellier is expected to be abused at the age of eight when his mother asked Guru to take care of him for a while. The boy first reported him in 2012, but, according to the injured party, he was convinced by Chatellier’s followers and Chatellier himself, under severe pressure, that he had withdrawn the complaint.

Chatellier, after the first serious accusations arose against him and was even detained (but released after withdrawing one of the complaints), fled to his native France more than a decade ago. Photo: Roman Sišić/Work

A day later, the boy even charged himself for the wrong allegation, which caused Chatellier to released from custody, and he left Slovenia shortly afterwards. The third victim is said to be a minor participant in the Buddhist congregation, which she reported after the first boy’s complaint; Later, she withdrew the complaint, but the prosecution continued ex officio.