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Buddhist Priest Arrested for Underage Sex (Paid for Sex w/Underage Girl; Blames "Stress")
SwissInfo ^ | 03/10/2006 | Reuters

Posted on 03/10/2006 8:49:32 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese Buddhist priest who was arrested on suspicion of having paid sex with a teenage girl said he was under stress and had given in to lust.

Itsushi Ehara, 73, chief priest at a temple in the western Japanese prefecture of Hiroshima and also head of a nursery school, paid the 15-year-old girl 80,000 yen ($675) to have sex in a hotel in downtown Tokyo, a police spokesman said on Friday.

"I could not resist my lust. A lot of stress built up from running the school," Ehara was quoted by Kyodo news agency as telling police.

Ehara, who is believed to have met the girl through a prostitute-dispatch service, is also suspected of having paid for sex with several other teenage girls over a period of two to three years, Kyodo quoted police as saying.

Japan has long had a relatively lax attitude toward sexual exploitation of young people. Teenage prostitution -- known as "compensated dating" -- was outlawed in 1999, but it still goes on, though less openly than before.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Japan; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: buddhism; ephebophilia; itsushiehara; japan; pedophilia; porn; tokyo

1 posted on 03/10/2006 8:49:35 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
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To: TheBigB; martin_fierro

Ping


2 posted on 03/10/2006 8:50:12 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("It'sTime for Republicans to Start Toeing the Conservative Line, NOT the Other Way Around!")
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

>>I could not resist my lust. A lot of stress built up from running the school>>

I could do without the excuse, but I like his honesty... and vigor (he's 73!).


3 posted on 03/10/2006 8:53:25 AM PST by Righter-than-Rush
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Since this was in Reuters, I'm suprised they didn't just say "Priest Arrested For Underaged Sex" and let everyone who didn't read the article assume he was Catholic.


4 posted on 03/10/2006 8:57:45 AM PST by presidio9 ("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K Virus -Only without the inconvenient deadline.)
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To: presidio9
Since this was in Reuters, I'm suprised they didn't just say "Priest Arrested For Underaged Sex" and let everyone who didn't read the article assume he was Catholic.

They didn't want to give the impression that it was a Catholic priest because the teen was a girl. It would make Catholic priests look better...

5 posted on 03/10/2006 10:26:57 AM PST by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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To: Onelifetogive
They didn't want to give the impression that it was a Catholic priest because the teen was a girl. It would make Catholic priests look better...

On the contrary, according to the liberal press, it's all about pedophilia, not homosexuality between men and teenaged boys. This story actually lends credibility.

6 posted on 03/10/2006 10:29:24 AM PST by presidio9 ("Bird Flu" is the new Y2K Virus -Only without the inconvenient deadline.)
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To: presidio9
On the contrary, according to the liberal press, it's all about pedophilia, not homosexuality between men and teenaged boys. This story actually lends credibility.

While the left always pretends to support all alternative lifestyles, when the rubber hits the road, you can always rely on them to be homophobic. Just let a gay Republican get outed and see what they do to him.....

7 posted on 03/10/2006 11:09:45 AM PST by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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To: Righter-than-Rush

Damn that is a lot of money!


8 posted on 03/10/2006 1:04:38 PM PST by thebaron512
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To: thebaron512

"Damn that is a lot of money!"

MUST HAVE BEEN GOOD !!!!!


9 posted on 03/10/2006 1:07:24 PM PST by righthand man (WE'RE SOUTHERN AND PROUD OF IT)
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