Gurukula Reunion in Culver City Park, 1998 Here is a list of articles about the history of the ISKCON gurukula, including coverage of the lawsuit. This lists begins in 1998. Scroll down for newer articles. 1998 In 1998 ISKCON Communications Journal published an academic study of child abuse in the gurukula system. When the Journal came out, the ISKCON Communications office issued a press release to the media, resulting in extensive media coverage. ISKCON Press Release New York Times Associated Press Religious News Service India Express Deccan Herald Dallas Morning News FactNet Newsletter Whole Life Times 1999 In 1999 ISKCON issued a press release in response to media coverage about the threat of a class action lawsuit by former gurukula students. ISKCON Press Release Associated Press Toronto Sun Toronto Star Child Abuse Victims to sue ISKCON + sidebar: The Darker Side of ISKCON, by Arthur J Pais (See originals: rediff.com + sidebar: rediff.com). 2000 ABC News - 20/20 Childhood of Shame, 27 Nov. 2000 ABC News Hare Krishna Schools Sued, by Julia Campbell, 13 June 2000 Hare Krishna Organization Sued Associated Press, June 13, 2000, By Susan Parrott Times of India ISKCON admits sexual abuse of students (PTI report) 14 June 2000 (sorry, off line) Times of India Fight for succession caused ISKCON problems (sorry, off line) 23 June 2000 Reuters Ex-Hare Krishna Students Sue for $400 Million The Age, Melbourne Exposed: The Sins of the Gurus; Sidebar: Peace, Love, Tainted by Shame, by Martin Daly, Sunday 18 June 2000 London Telegraph Girls raped at Hare Krishna schools, by Ben Fenton 14 June 2000 Rediff.com In search of a lost childhood, by Shanthi Shankarkumar 29 June 2000 (see original: rediff.html) People Magazine, Lessons in Fear: Former Hare Krishna children, angry and suing, charge they suffered physical and mental abuse in sect schools, Nov. 6, 2000 2001 Asia Times Online Sex, drugs, embezzlement chant today's Hare Krishna, By Sujor Dhar July 25, 2001 Glamour Magazine, "No one stopped my rape: The shocking charges against Hare Krishnas," October 2001 (sorry, not available online) The Dallas Observer Tortured Souls, by Mark Donald, 06 Dec. 01. (see original: dallasobserver.com) Salon.com Holy Abuse, by Peter Brandt, 02 July 01 (only part of this article is available) Portland Mercury News Murder, Sex and Free Food, by Frank Bures, 21 June 2001 KCTS TV (Seattle) Faith & Fear, a special report on the Children of Krishna, original air date 22 May 01 (see original: kcts.org) Boston Phoenix Where have all the Krishnas gone? 02 Feb. 2001 San Francisco Chronicle A Test of Faith, 13 Feb. 2001 (see original: sfchronicle.com) Krishna's Children - W-Five TV, Toronto, Canada, 01 April 01 (not online) 2002 Middlebury College Research and Religion Clash, as Scholar E. Burke Rochford Uncovers Uncomfortable Truths, June 2002 Chicago Tribune Churches pay dearly for silence on abuse Criticism grows in pedophile cases, 11 Feb. 2002, by Julia Lieblich BBC, Sunday regarding ISKCON's move to file bankruptcy as its response to Children of ISKCON vs. ISKCON. - 10 Feb. 2002 Associated Press Nation: Hare Krishna congregations to file for bankruptcy, spokesman says, Feb. 6, 2002 AP Online, by Stephen Manning National Post/ Associated Press Hare Krishnas declaring bankruptcy, by Marina Jimenez, National Post and Max Nash, The Associated Press, 2002 Ananova Ltd. Hare Krishnas to declare bankruptcy to avoid abuse lawsuit, 2002 Dallas Business Journal Hare Krishna Movement files for bankruptcy, 07 Feb. New India Press Bankrupt in US, Iskcon fights for assets in India, 10 Feb. 2003 Los Angeles Times Krishna temples urge victims of abuse to make formal claim, Sunday, May 04, 2003, By Larry B. Stammer, April 30, 2003 The Age, Melbourne Allegations of child sex abuse could cost America's Hare Krishnas about $600 million. Can the Australian movement survive the fallout? by Sushi Das, 02 June 2003 2004 Religious News Online Abuse in the Name of Krishna, by Mary Garden, 08 Oct. 2004 Dallas Morning News "The Changing Face of Krishna," by Michael Kress, 19 March 2004. (And comments by Nori Muster) Cultic Studies Review Authoritarian Culture and Child Abuse in ISKCON, by Nori J. Muster, Volume 3, Number 1, 2004 2005 Bankruptcy reorganization plan for Hare Krishna temples approved Associated Press, 01 June Hare Krishna abuse cases settled for $9.5mn Rediff.com, 29 May CNN Coverage of ISKCON Apology "Abuse in the Name of Krishna," by Mary Garden, The New Humanist, 04 July 2005 posted at New Humanist posted at mirror site Three articles about continued abuse in ISKCON click here A devotee's letter about child abuse in ISKCON click here L.A. Times Krishna's Closing The books On Abuse Scandal, Sunday June 26 CNN - Segment about the court ordered apology aired on the Paula Zahn show, 18 Aug., and repeated on the "Live From" show on 19 Aug. (click here for transcript) Index of all child abuse information available through this site. Index of Surrealist.org.