Tibetan Buddhism is also market by scandals, sexual abuse and other forms of coercion. Not many people think of the Buddhist community when it comes to these matters. That is why I highly recommend you to watch the French documentary called La loi du silence, so The law of silence. Excellent production and so needed indeed.

Cases of rape or manipulation are far from being isolated and are systematically suppressed. In the West, the Catholic Church is trying to examine its conscience after decades of silence. But the reforms are struggling to be implemented. Since 1950, 216,000 minors have been victims of pedocrime within the French Church. Watch the entire series released by Arte.