The Children of ISKCON: Who Are They?
The history, the lawsuit and the mythology by Nori J. Muster This website traces the history of child abuse in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), also known as the Hare Krishna movement. Gurukula, Sanskrit for the “school of the guru,” is the area within ISKCON where most of the child abuse took place. The schools were extremely abusive on all levels: emotional, physical and sexual, and the children’s basic needs were severely neglected. I am an exmember of ISKCON and author of the book, Betrayal of the Spirit (University of Illinois Press, 1997). After my book came out I spent four years researching the history of child abuse in ISKCON. Click here for more about my background. – updated June 19, 2008 Child Abuse History in a Timeline The Gurukula Timeline offers significant dates in ISKCON history, including the opening and closing dates of schools. The timeline begins in 1965, when Srila Prabahupada came to America, and ends in 1999. In 2000, plaintiffs fil
