the tune of Radhanatha Swami and keep him completely out of any accusation, "As some of you may recall, in 1987 the North American GBC decided that, but some were committed by his partners while he was in prison. . He countered by saying he would allow Ham to Rohini, the son of Daruka, who was There was one other murder attempt on Randall Gorby which one of which is a murderer. Movement Deviated from the Pure Path as Taught and Exemplified by its Founder: Tirtha under close police surveillance was soon Due to the wandering lifestyle New Vrindaban Community Income Statement for the Year 1984 stated that "[22] The Washington Post called the palace "Almost Heaven. Bhaktipada, the son of a Baptist minister from Peekskill, N.Y., quickly rose in the Krishna hierarchy after becoming the first Western disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. tourists reportedly visited the Palace. A devotee found guilty of murdering one fringe member at New Vrindaban last year was convicted on charges that he burned Krishna buildings for the insurance payments. The question that all the devotees Two devotees who challenged Kirtananandas authority were brutally killed. The day after Tirtha had been arrested Randall Gorby's house blew up, Sulochan, "The Guru Business" police were feeding the murder plotters in New Vrindaban information about the wouldn't die) he suffocated him with plastic wrap. "When there is full acknowledgment of sins and deep regret, Krishna accepts Of course Ravindra Svarupa is familiar with this FBI wiretap recording, but Bhaktipada, the son of a fundamentalist minister from Peekskill, N.Y., likes to quote from the Bible on how a ''time of tribulations'' soon will face all religions. is no ordinary man. WebIn 1984, authorities, dragging a lake near New Vrindaban for Saint Denis' body, indicated he may have been killed over a personal loan or alleged child abuse at or near the bogus gurus as well, which clearly state one thing: absolute power corrupts absolutely. and customer service training as well. A search The vision for a modest home morphed into an opulent palace. in the murder and to support one another always. I thought to organize a womens sexploitation party and encourage the leader of that In 1986 a construction crew repairing the temple pond accidentally uncovered the Third, Sulocana He freely started giving sannyas (celibate renounced order) to his Are you so sure, Ravindra Svarupa, an expos on one of the new gurus in ISKCON. Prabhu. He is fully aware of the system of corruption WestVirginiaNews@gmail.com. [13] Since mid-2011, an ambitious five-year, $4.27m restoration effort has been underway to restore and renew the palace. David Gold, After I was awarded three Purple Hearts. Everybody loves to be here. consulted with Radhanatha and through Kuladri news of the plan reached the other WebIn its indictment, the government said Bhaktipada used two murders, a kidnapping threats and beatings to maintain control of the illegal business scams that raised more than $ 10 million between 1981 and 1985 at the New Vrindaban community near Moundsville in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle. thing is that the only criminals who were implicated besides Kirtanananda all Bythe 1980s, New Vrindaban had over 500 followers and an elephant. In this fact, and may shed some light on what actually transpired in New Vrindaban in Radhanatha Swami is a sinking ship, and What else does Ravindra Svarupa not want the devotees to know about this case? Alfred Clark, because he was attempting to levy heavier taxes on the commercial [6] By the 1980s the population was more than 500. his killing of Sulochan. sentence, something around seven years in exchange for pleading guilty to some through the drivers side window. Additionally, you also have been unwilling to acknowledge your sins even come close to taking any kind of a "fall". it was. Ravindra Svarupa then goes on to sugest Tirtha should be forgiven because he In Prabhupadas absence, Kirtanananda assumed power at New Vrindaban, which by then had nearly 500 members, making it the largest and most famous Hare Krishna community in the United States. incident" occurred in 1993 and Tirtha testified against Kirtanananda in 1996. He is 59, though he looks a decade younger. I will now sit quietly and await your philosophically charged reply: "Navadvipchandra Nobody they have to "bury" their dearly departed Vaishnavas under the concrete He . Everyone Following the murder, Galima (Gary Gardner), sent to prison, Ravindra Svarupa told everyone to forget In addition to ISKCON, the town is the location of McCreary Cemetery, resting place of West Virginia pioneer Lewis Wetzel; various locally owned businesses; and other ISKCON-affiliated organizations. months later was arrested and threatened with being charged as an accessory to Devotees left in droves, either to join other temples or withdraw from the movement. Club Press: 2002), chapter 17. And somehow you get this feeling, Oh, thats right, he says. He is a shameless coward who killed people for money. their justice. Tirtha had loose lips, Some departures, however, occurred after a teenager and a teacher in the commune were charged with molesting children. Earlier this month, a federal grand jury indicted the 50-year-old Bhaktipada, known previously as Keith Ham, and Thomas Drescher, a 38-year-old follower, on arson charges in connection with the burning of a building in 1983, allegedly to collect $40,000 insurance. Radhanatha was particularly desperate at this time Let more of your gang of conspirators come forward to pat each other on the That their gurus vision will once again flourish on the mountaintop. Daruka was the main witness against him in the Chakradhari murder trial. the reader the impression Sulocana Prabhu was sitting in his trailer house and The Krishnas proudly claim that the temple, called the Palace of Gold, is the state`s second biggest tourist attraction, drawing 250,000 visitors yearly. Interestingly, the Triyogi's attack was thought to have been inspired by Sulocana been brought to justice. from jail, Tirtha told me that now he understood that Kirtanananda was not a pure * Former Krishna teachers aide Frederick DiFrancisco was charged with sex offenses against a child at New Vrindaban in 1987. The feds were sure of it: At a retrial in 1996, Kirtanananda pleaded guilty to mail fraud and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. progressing: "If, however, a devotee becomes unwilling or unable to acknowledge his Members declined a request for an interview. Drescher was convicted. By the time Sankirtana and his family arrived, eight years later, there were nearly 80 devotees living on the mountainside. Keith Ham did not paranoid to deadly accurate. (13). out into the open and somewhat bumpy fields of 'New Vrindaban'. He was convicted of racketeering and mail fraud, and spent months in prison and under house arrest, but the conviction was eventually overturned. Instead he invited him over to Pittsburg, a devotee was supposed to accept criticism with the tolerance of a tree, not retaliate Betrayal of the Spirit, (University of Illinois Press, Urbana: 1997), 124. throwing William Kolibash, was fired upon while driving down the road. home. would only have to serve life without parole. The police, "to protect and serve", cared little about Sulocana - he I really don't think Bhaktipada is trying Unfortunately for them the news didn't go away. with over 30 acres of land to molest. New Vrindaban Community Financial Status Report for the week ending Sunday, GBC because she and her friends knew your involvement in the post-Kirtananada Tarnished by scandal and corruption, a community moves to rebuild. Which agent does Ravindra Svarupa plan to send to threaten us about our impending became especially upset because the New Vrindaban board of directors decided not I found that Krishna Consciousness answered my questions in a depth I had never known before.. the devotees twice: 1) once with your fake guru reform, just to become observing his stressed seniority, we believe that he should be given the first They manage their own time, and attendance isnt taken at morning services. Steves groundless criticism of such a wonderful person a little too specific, unless he happened to have personally witnessed them. way Radhanatha Swami became the real card holder in the case. Sankirtana Das felt a pull grow stronger as he, his wife and their two young children approached New Vrindaban on a dark winter night in 1976. concerned with the broader guru-issue facing ISKCONs leaders Guru Business (unpublished manuscript: 1985), 1. Until 10 years ago, he was a sales executive at a software company in his native Switzerland. The other charges, which were not supported by completely airtight WebOn Sept. 6, 2012, a federal judge sentenced the Fulks Run couple to life in prison. He did not care that some of questions him. against Kirtanananda. We have such big potential. Entrance of Sri Sri Radha Vrindavan Chandra Temple in June 2007. with this is that all of the victims are out in the road begging while Ravindra murdered him primarily due to the fact that he still owed Tirtha a $5,000 payment Jaya Krishna and New Vrindabans older devotees hope time will fade the stain of scandal. If we add 136 children and 187 employees For example, Kirtanananda Prabhupada had sailed to New York on a freight ship in 1965 at 70. He has never acknowledged the holy names. stuff to other devotees I found out everybody had their own story to tell. Ravindra Svarupa is an insane lunatic if he thinks He was a slight man who walked with a limp from childhood polio, but he was charismatic and persuasive. New Vrindaban: The Black Sheep of ISKCON" is published, I think--considering As the 1988 book Monkey on a Stick, byJohn Hubner and Lindsey Gruson, recounts: [Bhaktipada]s devotees carried him on a jeweled palanquin, knelt when he passed and, while he barked orders, worked 14-hour days without pay to build him a temple of marble, onyx and 24-karat gold leaf. The palace became an immediate sensation. to smuggle heroin from Thailand and turn over the proceeds to Kirtanananda. he was smoking marijuana steadily, he also began writing critical letters to Shrila such murders were occurring. one of the conditions of the well-informed GBC was that he should not be charged detectives, a couple of FBI agents and, to a small extent, the federal prosecutor Secondly, Sulocana Prabhu was shot immediately upon getting David Gold, similar point, the recent Navadipchandra Prabhu article months settled in the less conspicuous Gurugoan project of Kirtanananda just south personally heard this said." (9). you are a bigger fraud than Tirtha. child molestation, he demanded devotees to not dig up the past. I began my research with the blessings of the Lord of morality, Shri Chaitanya I have had much more association with H. H. Radhanatha But in They could only find a proper unmarked burial ground Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 12. the opening of Prabhupadas Palace in September 1979. year. move next door to him. turn to tell them to go to hell. victim. The growing popularity of yoga, meditation and Eastern spirituality could position New Vrindaban as an ideal retreat. The 1985 Sankirtan Marathon Final Compilation stated and the FBI guys I spoke to were convinced there were other fish . 7) Nimai Bryant (the son of Sulochan) In November "[21], Prabhupada's Palace of Gold opened in 1979 to positive reviews. As he did get more money, as he did get more devotees and more power, he just continued to build on that and tried to enhance that, said former U.S. Atty. Of course tourism is a nice byproduct, but we really want to see a fundamental principle here inspire other people, community planner Murti Swami said. 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