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Recently yet another religious scandal has emerged; Sogyal Rinpoche, a well-known Buddhist teacher and with whom I once shared a retreat has resigned after being accused of physical, sexual and psychological abuse of his disciples. I have travelled the world and have found that there are many good and sincere people to be found in all religions (because of who they are and not because of their religion). However, wherever there is religion (I include all religions and all sects in this), there is abuse. Sometimes it is more systematic and organised in both its perpetration and cover-up and other times apparently more sporadic and isolated. It is our birth…