China's #MeToo movement keeps rolling on, with a famous Buddhist institution now accused of sexual harassment.
Yesterday (Aug. 1), a letter accusing the abbot of Beijing's Longquan Temple, one of the most famous Buddhist monasteries in the country, of sexual assault began circulating on Chinese social media. Xianjia and Xianqi, two supervisory chancellors of the temple, detailed in the 95-page letter (link in Chinese) how Shi Xuecheng, the abbot, had been sending sexually suggestive messages to six female monks.
The revelations are the latest in a week of frenetic activity for China's #MeToo movement, which, after a months-long lull, resurfaced in recent weeks as Chinese women came forward with accusations of sexual harassment against well-known figures in philanthropy, literature, and media.
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