Posted: May 19, 2021 4:00 AM PT | Last Updated: May 19
Ogyen Thinley Dorje, known as the Karmapa Lama, left, and Tibet s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in northern India in May 2011. Dorje is facing a lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court from a woman who claims he got her pregnant after sexually assaulting her.(Reuters)
A B.C. woman has been given a green light to sue one of Buddhism s holiest figures for spousal support in a claim that appears certain to tread new legal ground.
According to a B.C. Supreme Court ruling posted Tuesday, Vikki Hui Xin Han claims that, even though they have only met in-person four times, she was in a marriage-like relationship with Ogyen Trinley Dorje known to his millions of followers as His Holiness, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, or simply the Karmapa Lama.
Woman who claims marriage-like relationship with Buddhist holy figure can sue for support
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