--- CK Vishwanath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/04/26/0426swamiji.html > > > > has the report from the arrest last month. > > > > [from the Indo-Eurasia list] > > > > Vedic Foundation head may leave US - > under $10 > > million bond > > > > "Steve Farmer" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > yukifarmer > > > > Tue May 20, 2008 6:04 pm ((PDT)) > > > > Interesting story today in _The American > Statesman_ about > > Prakashanand Saraswati, the spiritual head of the > Vedic > > Foundation in Austin, Texas, who was arrested for > child > > molestation in late April: > > > > > Arrested Hindu guru allowed to leave country > > > Follower [actually Temple Treasurer] puts up $10 > > million > > > to guarantee Saraswati's return. > > > By Eric Dexheimer > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/6ac97c > > > > (See plain text of story below.) > > > > For those not familiar with the Vedic Foundation: > it was > > one of > > the two main drivers behind the California > textbook case in > > 2005-6, and is run out of one of the largest Hindu > temples > > in the US > > (Barsana Dham in Austin). > > > > On the Vedic Foundation and Saraswati, author of > _The True > > History of Hinduism_, see: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/5q7sk2 > > > > Note that the _Authentic Encyclopedia of Hinduism_ > also > > attributed to Saraswati, traces the unbroken > history of > > Hinduism > > back "1,972 million years with scientific > > evidences". > > Read all about it here: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/8m2dx > > > > Unfortunately, in late April Saraswati was > arrested in > > Washington as > > he returned from Europe and was charged with 20 > counts of > > molestation of two underage girls in the Temple. > Story of > > his arrest and > > extradition to Texas here: > > > > http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/may/04priest.htm > > > > His original bail of $1 million was paid > immediately. > > Today, over > > the objections of the Texas District Attorney, > Saraswati > > was > > given permission to leave the US after Temple > Director and > > Treasurer Peter Spiegel posted an unprecedented > bond of $10 > > million to guarantee his return. > > > > Amazing amounts of money! Please note that none > of this > > information is posted on the Vedic Foundation > website under > > "News > > and Events": > > > > > http://www.thevedicfoundation.org/news_and_events/index.html > > > > It is interesting to see how well-funded the Vedic > > Foundation is, > > which puts a lot of what we were up against in the > > California textbook > > case in context. Also the odd sources of the funds > (see the > > story > > below). > > > > I'm still looking for a copy of the formal > > indictment. If anyone can trace a copy, please > send it on. > > > > Steve > > > > ****** > > > > Arrested Hindu guru allowed to leave country > > Follower puts up $10 million to guarantee > Saraswati's > > return. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
