A controversial spiritual leader in Nepal known as “Buddha Boy” has been sentenced to a 10-year prison term on Monday for sexually assaulting a minor, court officials said. Ram Bahadur Bamjan ...

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The boy had come out to his parents in Mexico ... His father, who is a Buddhist philosopher and the priest of the temple, told him to live as he liked because it was his life.

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