Articles, Press and resources to better understand the OKC-Spatz judicial case from 1997 to 2021
Verdict of the Appeal Trial OKC-Spatz 2018 #metoo #metooguru #sexualabuses #balancetonporc
After 18 years of instructions, procedures and attempts to dilute (successfully) the course of the trial in the case of OKC and Robert Spatz, here is that the axe has fallen: inadmissibility of prosecution. The whole trial has therefore fallen apart: The Brussels Court of Appeal ruled that, following errors committed by a judicial expert,…
Naming and Shaming : Robert Spatz aka Lama Kunzang currently in trial since 20 Years, They KNOW ! #metooguru
List of Tibetan Teachers being used by @OgyenKun to appear like a legit Buddhist center by using the name and images of known Buddhists teachers. Including the @Dalailama In 2016 and 20 years before the trial all these Tibetans were assembled into one only page now broken so it looks like OKC wants to have the…
40 Years of abuse in the Name of #Dharma : the story of @OgyenKun Ogyen Kunzang Choling #Buddhism
Recently and while we wait for the appeal to take place (2 years) we noticed that #OKC members travelled to Asia to meet with Rabjam Rimpoché (the so-called Tibetan head of OKC since RS “retired” a vain illusion to try to salvage a so-called Buddhist center that should be dismantled. We noticed that other “Tibetan…
Dear Buddhists : F*** the absolute level, a crime is a crime. period
Just the idea or notion that “at an absolute level there is no good and bad” is equal to a fundamentalist extremist view 99% of the time not deeply realized by the student or the teacher crafted to evade relative reality consequences of sick behavior that is rooted in ignorance and suffering and sometimes in…
If you don’t know the OKC-Spatz story here is 3 articles you should definitely read :
Testimony from an Ogyen Kunzang Choling survivor. https://buddhism-controversy-blog.com/2017/10/29/testimony-from-an-ogyen-kunsang-choling-okc-survivo… verdict: 4 years suspended sentence : https://buddhism-controversy-blog.com/2017/03/11/robert-spatz-the-ogyen-kunsang-choling-cults-guru-g… Abuse and Buddhism – Behind the Smiling Facade : https://www.info-buddhism.com/Abuse_and_Buddhism-Behind_the_Smiling_Facade-Anna_Sawerthal.html
Buddhism, the law of silence / the Unspeakable Truth
Sexual abuse, mental manipulation and embezzlement: Tibetan Buddhism is shaken by serious scandals. An in-depth account that lifts the veil on the unspiritual underbelly of a religion revered in Europe. His name is Ricardo Mendes and, as a young man, he lived through hell in a Buddhist community in Castellane, far from the ideal of…
#Buddhism Calling Out the Guru from Afar: Dzongsar Khyentse’s ‘Sex Contract’ and the Subsequent Backlash from the Buddhist Community
“We must, as a global Buddhist sangha, make an unwavering stance against abuse.” https://www.erikjampa.com/single-post/2017/11/11/Calling-Out-the-Guru-from-Afar-On-Dzongsar-Khyentses-Sex-Contract-and-Subsequent-Backlash-from-the-Buddhist-Community
Sect OKC: a procedural flaw
It’s general relaxation. The three magistrates censure the first judge, the King’s prosecutor and a legal expert. The Court of Appeal of Brussels is in a state of shock! In first instance, the court had condemned most of the leaders of the OKC sect (Ogyen Kunzang Choling) and, in particular, the guru Robert Spatz -…
Presse : OKC Pas « d’organisation criminelle » Jugement en Septembre 2018 ! #secte #toxique #PN
Pas « d’organisation criminelle » Lors de son réquisitoire, l’avocat général Jean-François Godbille a renoncé à la prévention « d’organisation criminelle », jusqu’alors considérée comme la principale piste de l’accusation dans le procès de la secte bouddhiste OKC. Le magistrat s’en est expliqué pour éviter un écueil judiciaire. En effet, … Lors de son réquisitoire,…
A crucial quote from ‘The Holy Madmen of Tibet’
A crucial quote from ‘The Holy Madmen of Tibet’: ‘The process that has led to this application of the idea of “holy madness” is as follows: from at least the tenth century to the present there has been a small subset of religious practitioners in Tibet who through their eccentric behavior, writings, and self-proclamations, have…
Top Tibetan Buddhist leaders to hear sex abuse allegations against lamas in the West?
(TibetanReview.net, Sep16, 2018) – Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has, on Sep 14, reportedly undertaken to raise the issue of Tibetan Buddhist masters’ alleged sex and related emotional abuse of their students in the West during the upcoming November meeting in Dharamshala of the top leaders of all the religious schools of Tibet.…
Trial of the OKC Buddhist community: Robert Spatz lodges an appeal in High court of law.
Robert Spatz filed an appeal in cassation against the decision pronounced against him on December 2 by the Court of Appeal of Liège, confirmed his lawyer, Mr. Quentin Wauters. The spiritual leader of the Ogyen Kunzang Choling (OKC) Buddhist sect had been sentenced to a 5-year suspended prison sentence for the remainder of his pre-trial…
Letters to Rabjam Rinpoche – Shechen Monastery
Letters sent to Rabjam Rinpoche when he came to Europe and visited OKC (while in trial) in 2017
Marteling, gijzeling, misbruik, fraude, maar GOEROE GAAT VRIJUIT #metoo #metooguru
Na ruim 20 jaar valt het doek over het proces tegen Brusselaar Robert Spatz (73), de goeroe van de sekte OKC. De rechtbank veroordeelde hem aanvankelijk voor fraude en de gijzeling van tientallen kinderen, die sekteleden verplicht moesten afstaan. Maar het hof van beroep wees op procedure- en onderzoeksfouten en sprak Spatz gisteren vrij. De…
Abuse is abuse: we live in the world of conventional reality | Yarlung Warrior #opinion #vajrayana #spatz #sogyal
by Rigden Namgyal : I find it very troubling to realize the general quietism about and surrounding the issue of Sogyal Rinpoche and the responses to it, especially among Tibetan netizens and the community as a whole. This is major news in the international Buddhist community yet our media outlets (Phayul, Radio Free Asia or…
Paedophile who fled Airdrie before sentencing resurfaces as a Monk in Mexico #Buddhism
This has nothing to do with OKC or with the OKCinfo initiative but one common point is fleeing from one place to another and continuing abuses in total impunity. It seems these days anyone can be “monk” like anyone can be “anonymous” and the Tibetan Buddhist hierarchy will not move a inch because well :…
Fundraiser by and for OKCinfo : Justice for OKCvictims #MeToo #Cult
We need all the help we can get, so if you can afford it all donations are welcome and will be used to pay for lawyers fees, mental & physical support for the victims while this trial is ongoing, plane tickets to allow the civil parties living abroad to travel to be present at audiences…
In the Spatz-OKC community the first handful of us who spoke up in 1997 were ignored by the rest for almost 20 years
In the Spatz-OKC cult/community the first handful of us who spoke up were ignored by the rest for almost 20 years while the justice system slowly turned its wheels, and even accused of demonic possession and all sorts of nonsense. It was painful, but I believe that most of these people were taken in by…
#MeTooGuru: Dalai Lama meets alleged victims of abuse by Buddhist gurus | Inquirer News
Four people who say they suffered sexual, physical or psychological abuse at the hands of Tibetan Buddhist teachers have handed to the Dalai Lama 12 victims’ written accounts of mistreatment and appealed to him to tackle the problem. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1032388/metooguru-dalai-lama-meets-alleged-victims-of-abuse-by-buddhist-gurus
A Letter to Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Concerning “Guru and Student in the Vajrayana” – How Did It Happen?
In your letter, you emphasized that Vajrayana needs to be properly introduced. What I understood from your letter is that even though an authentic Vajra Master can pretty much do whatever they see fit, the relationship needs to be properly established. You say the Vajrayana teachings lay this out clearly. From this point of view,…
Kagyu Thubten Choling addresses sangha about Lama Norlha Rinpoche’s sexual misconduct with students – Lion’s Roar
This is what ALL the Lama’s listed in the OKC official site couldn’t do, much less read, much less contemplate about sexual abuse in Buddhism, hopefully, some people are talking, showing the road ahead, proving that everything is possible when one is able to get out of the veil of confusion and ignorance and actually…
A Storm is Coming: Tibetan #Buddhism in the West #SexAbuse #TeacherPredator #Metoo
In Nyima Dzong, people were indoctrinated to see everything in a positive light. Negative thoughts were said to be signs of a clouded mind. Only Robert S. allegedly had access to ‘true reality’. He quoted Tibetan teachers with whom he had supposedly studied in India. And various Tibetan teachers made him seem legitimate by visiting…
Another insulting, supposedly “humorous” Dzongsar Jamyang Khentse rant against “Liberal Westerners” #Buddhism
Is Dzongsar the new Tibetan Trump ? Such Arrogance ! Dzongzar has totally lost the plot. He’s a ham actor playing to the gallery. His “humour” is not even vaguely funny. He misses every point that matters. The price you pay for celebrity status. He’d be better off sticking to makingmovies. He has been mocking…
New lawsuit against the OKC guru
The Brussels Public Prosecutor’s Office has opened a new notice for money laundering against Robert Spatz, the guru of the Buddhist sect OKC, it was reported to several lawyers during the trial which ended on Tuesday on a total inadmissibility of the proceedings. According to Quentin Wauters, Robert Spatz’s lawyer, his client, who has lived…
Rabjam Rimpoche, Matthieu Ricard visiting toxic-cult pseudo Buddhist center in France
Rabjam Rimpoche could avoid visiting sectarian pseudo Buddhist centers that are currently facing trials in France, specifically Nyima Dzong and Lerab Ling. Each time a high level Tibetan “master” visit a toxic Buddhist center without acknowledging the harm (sexual, physical, mental abuses perpetrated there) each time this occurs the entire Lineage is endorsing these predators…
Update: Thanks to all the donations, offline & online, they really help us reach our crowdfunding goal ! #meetoo #okcinfo
Even though the “Thunderclap” generated some more awareness about our case, we still have to reach a minimal of 5K in our crowdfunding to be able to pay just the first part of our legal defence. offline donations will be added to the overall total of donations on https://www.gofundme.com/okcinfo, right now we’re just above 4K with the…
Mingyur Rinpoche on Breach of Samaya
Mingyur Rinpoche on Breach of Samaya : <<…if there is a long-standing pattern of ethical violations, or if the abuse is extreme, or if the teacher is unwilling to take responsibility, it is appropriate to bring the behavior out into the open. In these circumstances, it is not a breach of samaya to bring painful…
Fundraiser by and for OKCinfo : Justice for OKCvictims #MeToo #Cult
We need all the help we can get, so if you can afford it all donations are welcome and will be used to pay for lawyers fees, mental & physical support for the victims while this trial is ongoing, plane tickets to allow the civil parties living abroad to travel to be present at audiences…
The untold short story of #OKC and Robert Spatz aka Ogyen Kunzang Chöling #Buddhism #SexualAbuse #Cult
At some point NOT taking a position is equal to being complicit to criminals so in the aftermath of the #rigpa brave 8 students that found the courage to speak, we at #OKCinfo have some advice : – Do not make the same mistake we did by not speaking earlier and by not going to…
