From the New York Times, August 20, 2010:
“Sooner or later, every traditional faith has to confront sexual impropriety by its spiritual leaders: extramarital sex, or sex with the wrong people (members of the congregation, minors) or, for supposedly celibate clergy, any sex at all.
“But there are great differences in how religions handle these transgressions. For Jews and many Protestants, it is the local congregation that decides what sins are too great to countenance, and what kind of discipline is needed. For Roman Catholics, a worldwide hierarchy decides, depending on reports from local representatives. And for Buddhists — well, the answer is not so clear.
“The root of the problem, some experts say, is that the teacher/student relationship in Buddhism has no obvious Western analogy.”
See full article by Mark Oppenheimer at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/21/us/21beliefs.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=zen&st=cse
