China’s Shaolin Temple gets a new abbot after money, sex scandals fell Shi Yongxin
White Horse Temple abbot Shi Yinle will replace Shaolin head who is under investigation for alleged financial and sexual misconduct
The abbot of White Horse Temple, Shi Yinle, will replace him, according to a brief statement from the Shaolin Temple on Tuesday.
“In accordance with the regulations on the appointment of abbots of Chinese Buddhist Temples, after democratic evaluation and approval by the Shaolin Temple and following the relevant procedures, Venerable Yinle was invited to be the abbot of the Shaolin Temple,” the one-paragraph statement said.
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Established over 1,500 years ago in China’s central Henan province, the Shaolin Temple is the birthplace of Zen Buddhism and a Unesco World Heritage site, famed as the cradle of Shaolin kung fu.