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Romanian guru Gregorian Bivolaru is escorted to a vehicle, after a hearing at the Romanian Police headquarters in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016. French authorities arrested the leader of a multinational tantric yoga organization Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023 on suspicion of indoctrinating female followers for sexual exploitation. The Romanian guru at the heart of the Atman Yoga Federation was detained during a massive morning police operation across the Paris region. (AP Photo/Marian Ilie)

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Romanian guru suspected of running international sex sect handed preliminary charges with 14 others
By ELAINE GANLEY - Associated Press
Sat,12/02/23-11:52AM , 133 Reads
PARIS (AP) — A 71-year-old Romanian yoga guru and 14 others were handed preliminary charges by a Paris magistrate on a raft of counts linked to an international ring that for years allegedly subjected followers seeking enlightenment to sexual e
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This photo shows the red notice of Romania's Gregorian Bipolar on Interpol website, Tuesday, Nov.28, 2023. French authorities arrested the leader of a multinational tantric yoga organization Tuesday on suspicion of indoctrinating female followers for sexual exploitation. The Romanian guru identified as Gregorian B., whom French media identified as Gregorian Bivolaru at the heart of the Atman Yoga Federation was detained during a massive morning police operation across the Paris region, according to a French judicial official, who wasn't authorized to speak publicly about an ongoing investigation. (Interpol via AP)

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A yoga leader promised followers enlightenment. But he's now accused of sexual abuse
By THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press
Fri,12/01/23-9:29AM , 193 Reads
PARIS (AP) — To his followers, he was “Grieg,” their guide through tantra yoga toward enlightenment and a higher state of consciousness. For European police, Gregorian Bivolaru represents a far more sinister figure: a master manipulator accused of sexual abuse and exploitation.
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Flags blow in the breeze at the grave of Father Damien outside St. Philomena Church on Kalaupapa, Hawaii, on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Damien was canonized a Catholic saint in 2009 for his work taking care of the physical and spiritual needs of leprosy patients in the 1800s. His body was moved to his home country of Belgium in 1936. Only the priest's hand remains, which was reburied at the site in 1995. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

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Pilgrims yearn to visit isolated peninsula where Catholic saints cared for Hawaii's leprosy patients
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER - Associated Press
Fri,12/01/23-6:59AM , 155 Reads
KALAUPAPA, Hawaii (AP) — Kalaupapa beckoned to Kyong Son Toyofuku. She had long prayed to visit the hard-to-reach Hawaiian peninsula, trapped by its deep-green, sheer sea cliffs and rugged, black rock shores that glisten under the Pacific’s pristine waters.
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President Joe Biden speaks as first lady Jill Biden listen after they lit the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse, near the White House, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Biden lights the National Christmas Tree, taking his turn to bring holiday spirit to Washington
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - Associated Press
Thu,11/30/23-3:36PM , 116 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was President Joe Biden 's turn to bring some holiday spirit to the U.S. capital.
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