The Custodian's Failure
An analysis of Sivarama Swami's 2022 letter defending a convicted child abuser reveals how institutional loyalty colonizes moral reasoning, deploying scripture as a shield for systematic predation.
An analysis of Sivarama Swami's 2022 letter defending a convicted child abuser reveals how institutional loyalty colonizes moral reasoning, deploying scripture as a shield for systematic predation.
An ISKCON guru's lectures (2016 audio, 2024 video) defending convicted abusers reveal persistent institutional patterns—culminating in a 2025 incident where he facilitated access to children for a convicted child sex offender.
Understanding the psychological frameworks that allow religious leaders to defend child abusers for years, facilitate sex offenders' access to children, then attack critics—and why thousands of followers comply.