Leadbeater, Charles
1854-1934 80 years
1854-1934 80 years
English Theosophist
born England
Anglican priest
traveled to India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
became part of the Theosophist Society, friends with
A. Besant and Blavatsky
discovered J. Krishnamurti, and trained him for role
as World Teacher
accused of homosexual abuses of boys, never
verified
became a "bishop" of some liberal Catholic Church in
late life
born England
Anglican priest
traveled to India, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
became part of the Theosophist Society, friends with
A. Besant and Blavatsky
discovered J. Krishnamurti, and trained him for role
as World Teacher
accused of homosexual abuses of boys, never
verified
became a "bishop" of some liberal Catholic Church in
late life
| His (Krishnamurti's) great guru was an Englishman, Leadbeater, who was a confirmed homosexual. And it is not that I am stating it – the case was brought to a court, a Madras court, because Krishnamurti's father came to know that his boy, who was only nine years old, was being sexually abused. So he reported it to the court and he wanted the boy to be returned to him. But Leadbeater, Annie Besant, and all the other theosophical leaders were cunning enough – and moreover, because they were all white people, they managed to take Krishnamurti out of India, where the court's judgment would not affect him. Before the court could give the judgment that the child should be returned to his father, they had taken the child out of India. Naturally, if a child has been sexually abused by his gurus he will be against all gurus. The association in his mind with the word `guru' is not good, it is not nice... --Osho From Death to Deathlessness, ch. 25 |
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