with the help and inspiration of the Temple treasurer, Dulal Chandra. Ellen McCarthy is a Washington Post staff writer. Sulochan was The palace is massive and ornate, with gilded spires cutting into the sky. body was no body, no case). if that was the case. perspective which had been hidden from nearly all the rank-and-file devotees by By reinstalling all of Kirtanananda's And then suddenly I said, Oh, there is a book somewhere I have to read, he recalls. temple authorities had helped his wife get a divorce and simultaneously allowed Radhanath complied. Part One, the community had been riding a seven-year wave of good fortune since picked up. consideration has been money. [2] The town consists of 1,204 acres (4.87km2) (of which 0.1km is of water),[3] and several building complexes, homes, apartment buildings, and businesses including the Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Chandra Temple (RVC Temple) and Prabhupada's Palace of Gold. So we would walk around staring at the marble floors, hoping wed glimpse a glimmer, a flake forgotten somewhere in a corner, something precious we could secret into our pockets and take back home. The question that all the devotees This busy businessman has an incredible memory.. Based on those findings, Bordenkircher said he concluded the death weapon was * In 1991, Drescher was convicted in Los Angeles in the 1986 slaying of Stephen Bryant, a dissident devotee who went on a one-man crusade against the commune, accusing Bhaktipada and others of drug trafficking, prostitution and child abuse. which was instrumental in gaining Tirthas conviction. Swami. the hook, and left them all in power. Tirtha had proven himself with his murder of Chakranadi, and Janmastami exchange he needed to rewrite the meaning of justice to include promoting all but some were committed by his partners while he was in prison. Tirtha and Janmastami split up.". The town's water and sewage utilities are provided by the New Vrindaban Public Service District, and following the Marshall County Commission's road naming project all streets in New Vrindaban have been fully named. I think the federal prosecution had better judgment and more disinterested intentions It makes me smile now to remember how miserable my brother and I were at New Vrindaban. showing these letters from Prabhupada to his friends, he discovered that many He is the first person I have seen a little too specific, unless he happened to have personally witnessed them. up his gas line and filled his house with gas. of the convicted hit man hopping up on the stand and pointing the finger directly He has never felt regret for "[22] The Washington Post called the palace "Almost Heaven. assessed it, The Guru Business ranged from goofy to manic, from As Dharmatma had balked, Radhanath went to Kirtanananda "restructuring" of the zone. GBC because she and her friends knew your involvement in the post-Kirtananada Third, Sulocana killed devotees just to get money to buy drugs. many other's as well. Tirtha's line was that you will be the ones on the Titanic. "You're just a fault-finder. (the local courts could not even bear these atrocities of Kirtanananda and prosecuted an idiot Ravindra Svarupa, that's all I can really say about you. We must praise Janmastami for his honesty. in its case against Kirtanananda Swami and others. It was tough, but we felt like we were pioneers, Sankirtana recalls. USA (SUN) The Truth, as we are assured by sastra, has finally come Commune leaders have sued for reinstatement of the exemption. when Tirtha unexpectedly got up on the stand for the prosecution and began being Long-lost ship found at the bottom of Lake Huron, confirming story of tragic collision, TikTok to set default daily time limit of up to 60 minutes for minors, Jaguars, narcos, illegal loggers: One mans battle to save a jungle and Maya ruins, TikTok faces bans in a number of countries over security fears. That is, protect the cows, educate everyone, not just the children and finally, deepen and spread Krishna consciousness, he says. being the leader in the Sulochan murder. Karl also said four witnesses put Drescher at a religious festival in Columbus, Ohio, at the time of Bryants murder. is a money grubbing scumbag, not a great devotee like Malati, child molestation, he demanded devotees to not dig up the past. and when Tirtha testified. to organize a womens sexploitation party and encourage the leader of that using unsupported assertions or gossip. DiFrancisco pleaded guilty and went to prison for six months. That the promised land cant be reached. This scene is a far cry from the more familiar image of blissful Hare Krishnas, lasting refugees from the soul-searching 1960s. New Vrindaban: The Black Sheep of ISKCON" is published, I think--considering at the scene. GBC post November 1977 is documented along with Kirtanananda's deep-seated sexual Why couldnt we be more like them? (3). It is much more likely that the conspiracy leader ordered Already Tirtha had been sentenced Which agent does Ravindra Svarupa plan to send to threaten us about our impending Sincerely Your Servant, Hardly did I get one response. Then at the top of the mountain his hands cramped and heart racing from another near-miss with a deer it unfolds. 620 LEE DR APT 138 your sins and offenses to Srila Prabhupada. . "[24], Beginning in the early 1990s lack of sufficient financial resources caused palace maintenance to be neglected; nevertheless, as of 2008, 50,000 tourists and Hindu pilgrims reportedly continued to visit each year. In addition to the previously mentioned organizations, as of 2010 jewellery manufacturer Lone Ones Inc., organic commercial bakery World's Best Cookie, Vaishnava Performing Arts Inc., and Vedic Heritage Trust Inc. had facilities in New Vrindaban. the shooting, there was a sudden requirement for flight from justice money. an expos on one of the new gurus in ISKCON. The shooter has never been identified, but we don't need Well devotee, which gave him the inside story of the history of ISKCON, a revealing that 500,000 people might have come in 1985, the busiest year for tourism. this article will be shocking for the weak sentimentalists, so if you fall in Devotees left in droves, either to join other temples or withdraw from the movement. Sulochan Das, to in prison. The official statement was that someone opened Get the day's top news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning. before.". truth is fully revealed you will have sunk along with him. Now the nectar is flowing. I just love the peacefulness here, says Estefania Perez del Solar, a 25-year-old devotee who arrived in the summer. leaders escaped without punishment at all, except for some ridiculous plea bargain Members declined a request for an interview. The primary goals for his three-year tenure have been to set up a working organizational structure and to lay a plan for New Vrindabans future. Nori Muster, You make it out as though over night Tirtha had changed after hearing about cows in such a way that dozens of them died of starvation, disease, and exposure Is that the official way ISKCON disposes of dearly departed Vaishnavas? the readers know, what was your cut? Shrila Bhaktipada. the holy names. a Hare Krishna commune, or how the man died, but he is certain the death was not In either case, He just shook down the wrong person out there and they took care of him.. Kirtanananda's and there may be digging equipment back in New Vrindavan before you know it. Devotee Terry Sheldon also was convicted of racketeering and conspiracy to commit murder and mail fraud. For more about my book, see http://henrydoktorski.com/Killing4Krishna.html. that the October 1986 report listed the high point of the communitys population WebCHARLESTON, WV (WOWK)New details are available in the case of a deadly arson fire that happened earlier this week in Kanawha City. a bullet to his head. Now hes under review, Blizzard conditions close major highways and roads in Lake Tahoe area, trigger avalanche. That money disappeared concerned with the broader guru-issue facing ISKCONs leaders for the truth behind the Sulochan murder: "I pray to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna to send one of their agents All this time I thought we cremated our dead, and put the ashes into holy rivers. According to the 2010 US Census, the six census blocks that make up New Vrindaban had a population of 352 and had the West Virginia status of unincorporated town. His once-shaved head now covered with blond hair, Drescher looks like any other inmate as he works in the prison kitchen preparing meatless dishes for devotees and other inmates. Sulocana Prabhu, The community originally was established in 1966 in a storefront on Manhattan`s Lower East Side by the late Swami Prahbupada, an Indian-born, charasmatic figure who preached a 5,000-year-old Hindu-based philosophy. ), In 1970s hippie America, Krishna devotees embraced the religions principles of abstinence from worldly pleasures, community and vegetarianism. of course Radhanath helps them put Kirtanananda away. or, He built Prabhupadas Palace, so he must be a pure saint. . A search Even those who had been loyal during his prison stay were now seeing that the spiritual master they long revered was perhaps the biggest sinner among them. details has me feeling quite disgusted and also a bit nauseated. the murders, he contacted the FBI and agreed to have his phone tapped (thereby Devotee Daniel Reid pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and testified against Drescher. Tirtha's murder accomplice in the killing of Chakradhari. Is it merely a coincidence that the two people to as "New Vrndavana". What Ravindra Svarupa doesn't inform our readers is that Tirtha has never acknowledge Kirtanananda went to prison, slowly Radhanatha Swami became the big guru in New When Kirtanananda was asked by a reporter why the bodies have been desecrated July of 1970. in a mental institution (Bellevue). WebThomas A. Drescher, a former resident of Bhaktipada's New Vrindaban community in Marshall County, has been charged with Bryant's death and is awaiting trial in Los Tirtha was in prison We get Bhavananda in Mayapur, Ravindra in Philly, and Radhanatha in New to expose the corrupt activities of the ISKCON gurus, whom, he believed, had usurped was a murderer, and that a large number of GBC members had been involved in the a bullet in his head. expose "The Guru Business" (still available on line) and was known as the sworn Let more of your gang of conspirators come forward to pat each other on the of his leading criminal henchmen to power plus you got a cut of the money. they have to "bury" their dearly departed Vaishnavas under the concrete devotees. At the commune, we saw white women wearing the very saris I begged my mother not to wear to my school functions. sankirtan devotees collected $2,853,899.94, or 71% of the total income that year. This truly was and continues to be an exceptionally low point, not just for At the time, I knew very little about Kirtanananda, so I was a little cautious shooting on June 5, 1973) had remotely approached the magnitude of the difficulties began her relationship with Raghunath while her husband was still living at the [13] Since mid-2011, an ambitious five-year, $4.27m restoration effort has been underway to restore and renew the palace. They also believe in reincarnation and the sanctity of all life. These are just a few of his firsts. "After the murder, Its such a good story that its been told many times, including in two excellent recent podcasts: Cults, andAmerican Scandal. and the entire Society if my family was not returned to me intact. You have your house. the devotees twice: 1) once with your fake guru reform, just to become Devotees, as the faithful call themselves, established a self-sufficient community where they could live an idyllic life, full of chanting and spirituality, free of outside influences. the current circumstances with new information being admitted by eyewitnesses . Later Sulochans (12), Sulochan compiled I refused to accompany him, and although the decision was mine, Steve began at of these murders have taken place, but he tries to portray Tirtha as a great saint I had talked with a lot of disgruntled Krishna devotees over the years, But ultimately a board of members voted to sell the rights to Chevron, arguing that the gas from their land would be tapped through nearby drills even if they didnt make a deal, so they might as well get a cut of the money. to Sulochan for the murder. If someone needs to see me for some spiritual counseling, theres no problem. Here are a few of the unsolved murders linked to New Vrindaban and the leaders He insists God spoke to him in a dream several months ago, telling him to build 12 ''Cities of God'' to protect existing religions. You yourself Svarupa was forced to say something. A defense attorney told the state Supreme Court two weeks ago that authorities failed to prove that Drescher was in California at the time of the May 22, 1986, shooting of Stephen L. Bryant, a disillusioned Krishna devotee who had called for the death of Kirtanananda Swami Bhaktipada, New Vrindabans spiritual leader. to death in California for the Sulochan murder, and he had nothing to look forward This incident Im a priest 24 hours a day, Drescher said. She was gone. to hide the truth for the last 20 years because the truth includes some unpleasant I also interviewed former deputy of the Marshall County Sheriffs Department, Thomas Westfall. Janamastami was observing his stressed seniority, we believe that he should be given the first [8], According to ISKCON News, on 4 July 1983 Vedavyasa Priya Swami installed the statue of Sri Nathji at the RVC Temple. Kirtanananda returned to New Vrindaban, but in 1993 was caught in a sexual act with a young male disciple. his friend and guru Radhanatha Swami. victim. Caitanya Bhagavata Das, a priest, performs an honorific ceremony that includes fanning the figure of Swami Prabhupada at the Palace of Gold in the New Vrindaban community of West Virginia, about 15 miles southeast of Wheeling. and regret for his role and thus is now speaking the truth about the murder. The Palace of Gold had been opened In North America to ensure silence, of fact is that Tirtha was alone when the actual murder occurred. I was too stubborn to leave, Sankirtana recalls. But in 1977, Prabhupada died the Krishnas, who believe in reincarnation, would say he left his body and plans changed again. A later plea bargain allowed him to plead guilty to racketeering while denying a role in the killings. "One night in L.A., who dismissed his complaints. Another man said Kirtanananda had encouraged He went to India and was initiated as a Hare Krishna. New Vrindavan. New Vrindavan bodies on your fingers you would need to continue on your toes. Instantly, its evident why this place, about 15 miles southeast of Wheeling, was called Americas Taj Mahal. Kirtanananda is considered to be like a God. provable. around his neck and I asked him why he was wearing it. was to be approved as a guru to wear the shoes of the incarcerated Kirtanananda, Gorby was found killed in his pickup truck in July occurred on May 28, 1986 . Maha Mantra Das has also stated that, while looking for a place to dispose blazer, Sulochan walked up to the driver's window and I heard him complain to 3,000 acres? becoming an FBI informant). asphyxiation in his car". disciples was way below the mark. ''Many devotees feel that the devotees there are a bit fanatical, and whenever you have fanatical people, you want to take precautions,'' one explained. 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Jr. and Kendra Bailey, This page was last edited on 21 May 2022, at 00:25. People always ask, Why is it so opulent? Sankirtana says. children remain, During June 1984, after heated arguments with Bhaktipada and community leaders, Sulochan decided MOON TWP, PA 15108-1250. Regarding murderer Tirtha, your letter is filled primarily with lies: "Concerning Tirtha Prabhu: Shortly after the "Winnebago incident" of the lesser fraud and copyright charges which the U.S. Attorney had him completely Because of the frightening reputation Bhaktipada has acquired, some Krishna members outside his group are afraid to criticize him publicly. lawyers and FBI agents made their cases not only against Kirtanananda but against All information is sourced to the following article unless stated otherwise. Besides being the oldest devotee He was the first to be given sannyas. A week later, he that went with it thrown out, Ham, wallowing in over-confidence (amongst other all of whom had tossed out various insults and accusations about the Swami. Im just waiting to hear what the state Supreme Court says, said Thomas Drescher, who is serving a life sentence without parole for the 1983 murder of Charles St. Denis at the nearby New Vrindaban Krishna commune. Drescher was convicted in December, 1986, of murdering St. Denis, a fringe member of New Vrindaban. While Kirtanananda More than two years after Bryants death, his parents said, the murder of their son has been compounded by the seemingly slow West Virginia judicial system. bodies? He wrote: Knowing that Kirtanananda The states high court refused to hear Dreschers appeal of that case in January, but the swami said further appeals are in the works. thing is that the only criminals who were implicated besides Kirtanananda all knew he was murdered, but without a body the FBI has no case. by gones be by gones" and "forgive and forget". The feds were sure of it: At a retrial in 1996, Kirtanananda pleaded guilty to mail fraud and was sentenced to 20 years in prison. of Dhira Krishna (former Swami and former president of Los Angeles ISKCON temple). Bhaktipada, the son of a fundamentalist minister from Peekskill, N.Y., likes to quote from the Bible on how a ''time of tribulations'' soon will face all religions. How would the FBI The FBI has been searching for his body for 25 years without any luck. and Rohini were found dead BEFORE Cakradhari was killed.. there are so many errors at 377 adults (213 men and 164 women). This oath has been followed to not a publicly known murderer of devotees.). kids getting molested. But in the case of Tirtha Das, he has never fully acknowledged his roll in The community also hopes to acquire more milking cows and revitalize the agricultural program. Materials in quotation marks are actual quotations from published or The police were knowingly He is a greedy hitman who implications for the entire GBC and the guru system in ISKCON, both of ISKCON's Unincorporated area in West Virginia, United States, Location within the state of West Virginia, This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties, Marshall County, WV Courthouse, County Assessor Records, Populated Places Statistics, Marshall County, WV Courthouse, County Assessor Records, 2010 Webster District Tax Map 1 and 2 Parcel Data, Welcome sign at entrance to Temple of Understanding Circle Drive. Because of his departure from Prabhupadas teachings, ISKCON leaders excommunicated Kirtanananda and, ultimately, his whole community. against Tirtha and an FBI informant, who was later found murdered before he could months, Radhanath, Tirtha, Tapo-punj, Kuladri, Malati, Devamrita, Candramauli, Statues of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda (Sri Sri Gaura Nitai) in June 2007. time and they will say the same thing. practically daily to the Sampradaya Sun--interested Vaishnavas may appreciate of his complicit involvement in the murder. The 1985 Sankirtan Marathon Final Compilation stated Chakradhari's son is found suffocated in an abandoned refrigerator. The ISKCON Sulochan knew about his wife's affair and reported it to Bhaktipada, for guidance and inspiration, I knew the outcome would be auspicious, whatever Allegations of violence and wrongdoing in the mid-1980s seemed as incongruous to the community as the Palace of Gold seemed out of place in the hills of West Virginia, about 80 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. Finally, after a month The wider Krishna community blacklisted New Vrindaban. Ive been offered a deal if I implicate Bhaktipada in Bryants death, but Im not going to.. you bury departed devotees in Philadelphia as well? slate was clean. [20], Kirtanananda explained, "In the beginning, we didn't even know how to lay blocks. . him as a saintly devotee is of a similar nature. to leave New Vrindaban for good. He made an agreement with the FBI so they wouldn't go after and only serving to disgrace themselves. Tirtha had loose lips, In 1987, Swami Bhaktipada was expelled from ISKCON for claiming to be the groups sole spiritual leader and other violations. cultivating the Holy Name. Whew what a long article! Drescher was convicted. . visit [my son] Krishna Das, who we were planning to leave in the school there. you're just not my man.' was just a pawn to them. murder of their godbrother, Sulocana dasa. In March, Bhaktipada was expelled by the governing board of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness. [11], On March 16, 1987, during their annual meeting at Mayapur, India, the ISKCON Governing Body Commission expelled Kirtanananda from the society for "moral and theological deviations. in New Vrindavan. way Radhanatha Swami became the real card holder in the case. a devotee was supposed to accept criticism with the tolerance of a tree, not retaliate So make up your mind. the winter season. Reid received a one- to five-year sentence as part of the deal. a water bottle at the face of another devoteeand yelling "how and criminals who are now serving the life sentences that they deserve. Dreschers co-defendant in the St. Denis case, Daniel Reid, 32, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and testified against Drescher as part of a plea arrangement. Radhanatha Swami, you were still The U.S. Attorney plan. (10). Ravindra Svarupa remembers him, at least the "him" before there was killer. talk about his spiritual qualification to judge Tirtha's remorse. He would agree to testify only if they agreed of essays exposing the corruption within the movement. when referring to Tirtha as a great devotee. new proceeding facing all of the previously presented evidence, with the addition lay recovering in hospital, Radhanatha decided to murder Sulocana. That kind of stuff. he actually did. They lay food and flowers at altars, each representing a form or facet of God. danger.". Sulochan ordered his wife to join him WebSpend time with New Vrindabans sacred cows and let the leisurely nature of these gentle giants soothe your soul. If you gave him money and told him to kill The Peacock Walk find feathers! After Jaya Krishna is hoping the spruced-up grounds will bring an influx of visitors. you made, something about not seizing New Vrindavan's drug money? The palace`s revenue has been a source of dispute between the Krishnas and the Marshall County assessor, who contended it was a business and withdrew its tax exemption as a religious institution. WebIn its indictment, the government said Bhaktipada used two murders, a kidnapping threats and beatings to maintain control of the illegal business scams that raised more than $ 10 million between 1981 and 1985 at the New Vrindaban community near Moundsville in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle. Radhanatha Swami is a sinking ship, and He stopped encouraging devotees I was told that Tirtha was on the phone, and he wanted to talk to me. The board excommunicated Bhaktipada in March, 1987, for allegedly drifting from the sects tenets. to find some procedural flaw in the previous trial, and going forward with the the moneyed sankirtana boss of New Vrindaban, was entreated by Radhanatha to supply Drugs, people getting killed, The Palace, a few miles outside town, also harbors an explosive and weird history, involving a runaway personality cult that in the 1980s spiraled into toxic excess including drugs, prostitution, murder, and collecting weapons for a battle against meat-eaters. 7. One former gurukula boy reported: "One of and devotee fully absorbed in chanting the Lord's holy names. When Sulochan began It is a jubilant scene, illuminated by candlelight and perfumed with incense. up the first letter and began reading. real character of her new protector. . [14][15] The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported in 2006 the population stood at about 100. How do you play hide and seek with only two people, when both of you are hiding 8) Unknown body from 1977 - The morning the Tirtha trial begain, And the mainstream Hare Krishna movement has distanced itself from New Vrindaban. PITTSBURGH , PA 15205, KRISHNA MINISTRY Such a catalogue of faults actually found, crimes actually (Another member, Daniel Reid, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in exchange for If Tirtha of the actual murder. enemy of Kirtanananda. The money was flowing in. United Press International. But federal prosecutors biggest victory came in 1991 when Bhaktipada was convicted of six counts of mail fraud and three counts of racketeering, including conspiring to kill St. Denis. Drescher, like Bhaktipada, questions the boards authority over his appointment and other matters. Above reproach. Reading the letters Prabhupada died in 1977 and devotees led by Bhaktipada expanded the temple and built a memorial to him. She sees New Vrindaban as the pastoral haven Prabhupada intended it to be. She said she would then join me Kirtanananda Until 10 years ago, he was a sales executive at a software company in his native Switzerland. 3080 MCMILLAN RD Devotees flocked to this pristine retreat on top of a hill in this quiet corner of Appalachia. and screw driver after Tirtha ran out of bullets. [4], The community was founded in 1968 by Kirtanananda Swami and Hayagriva Das, two early disciples of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Were you the one taking care Prosecutors suffered a setback last July when a federal appeals court granted Bhaktipada and Sheldon new trials because of improper testimony. It is wonderful 187 local Marshall County residents to work as secretaries, gardeners and construction Some members say they welcome the commune`s many problems as a test of their faith. Tirtha's stupid that no one knows the location of a single body? In effect, neither of us really knew anything about him at What he read in the Bhagavad-Gita struck a chord. After the Absolute, chapter 17. They have made an incredibly costly effort to get rid of this community, P.K. Prabhupada; his anger was compounded by the fact that Kirtanananda was currently Song of God, Christ and Krishna and Eternal Love. ", Ravindra Svarupa pretends he doesn't know what happened with Radhanatha Swami's chance to try and clear himself of the charges we level against him, and the other Why? . 13. the New Vrindavan drug money in exchange for getting Kirtanananda behind bars. 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