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Tara Cosoleto

UNCOVERED: Buddhist monk taken into custody after guilty verdicts - The Untold Story

Naotunne Vijitha has been convicted of 17 out of 19 child sexual abuse charges he faced. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

The head monk of a Buddhist temple has been remanded into custody after a jury convicted him of 17 child sexual abuse charges.

Naotunne Vijitha, 70, faced a four-week trial in the Victorian County Court after pleading not guilty to 19 charges of sexual penetration of a child aged under 16 and indecent act with a child under 16. 

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