An analysis of Radhanath Swami's recorded statements rationalizing child abuse and deflecting murder allegations, examined through psychological frameworks and spiritual tradition.
Dostoevsky's Demons diagnosed how ideology turns sincere people into accomplices to murder. The New Vrindaban killings proved him right. The same mechanics operate in ISKCON today.
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.
After Prabhupada's death, ISKCON implemented a guru system with no clear precedent in Vaishnava history. How did this system emerge, what were its consequences, and what does it reveal about institutional vs. traditional authority?
