Muralivadaka Dasa
Legal name Michael Mager
Murlivadaka dasa
Removed — Dec 31, 1998
- Teacher and headmaster, ISKCON schools in Lake Huntington (New York), Port Royal (Pennsylvania) and Alachua (Florida)
- Director of the Office of Education (GBC 1995 Res. 11)
- 1995
- Convener, Ministry of Education formation group; member, child-protection guidelines committee (GBC 1997)
- 1997
Record summary
1 entry — 1 ISKCON finding.
Last reviewedBio
Muralivadaka Dasa (Michael Mager) was a teacher and headmaster in ISKCON schools in the United States during the 1980s, including at Lake Huntington (New York), Port Royal (Pennsylvania) and Alachua (Florida). In the 1990s he held senior education posts in ISKCON: in 1995 the GBC named him Director of the Office of Education, and in 1997 it named him convener of the group forming a Ministry of Education and a member of the committee revising ISKCON’s child-protection guidelines.
His birth year and later life are not confirmed in the sources reviewed.
Sources (3)
- [1]ISKCON Central Office of Child Protection, ICOCP Official Decision on the child abuse case of Muralivadaka dasa (Michael Mager) — from the CPO newsletter of 1999-04-06; copy reproduced by Nori Muster, surrealist.org, Dec 31, 1998
- [2]ISKCON GBC, GBC Resolutions 1995, 1995 · copy on this site
- [3]ISKCON Child Protection Office (safetemple.org), GBC Resolutions on Child Protection through end of 2022, 2023 · copy on this site
Record
1 entry · most established firstMolestation of four boys as teacher and headmaster
An ICOCP panel found, "based on signed statements of victims as well as interviews", that while a teacher or headmaster at ISKCON schools in Lake Huntington (New York), Port Royal (Pennsylvania) and Alachua (Florida) over several years up to 1989 he "fondled and attempted to fondle four pre-adolescent boys".
- 1998AdmittedThe decision states: "Muralivadaka dasa has admitted to these inappropriate sexual acts with the four children."
- 1998ISKCON findingOfficial Decision of the ISKCON Central Office of Child Protection; text available only as reproduced from the CPO's 1999 newsletter.
Barred from ISKCON property and functions until 1 February 2003, five years after he was asked to leave in February 1998. After that: no leading kirtan or giving class, no residence or overnight stays on ISKCON property, avoid contact with minors, and leave any place where victims are present. He was required to undergo therapy for at least three years and to send yearly letters of apology through the CPO, and "cannot hold any positions in ISKCON". No criminal case has been found.
The decision records that he "cooperated with the investigative and adjudicative procedures". No public statement by him was found. [1]
Sources (1)
- [1]ISKCON Central Office of Child Protection, ICOCP Official Decision on the child abuse case of Muralivadaka dasa (Michael Mager) — from the CPO newsletter of 1999-04-06; copy reproduced by Nori Muster, surrealist.org, Dec 31, 1998 original
People affected
1 people affected · 0 died- Four pre-adolescent boys at ISKCON schools in New York, Pennsylvania and FloridaISKCON's child-protection office found, on the victims' signed statements and interviews, that Muralivadaka Dasa fondled or tried to fondle the four boys while a teacher or headmaster in the years up to 1989. He admitted the acts Abused.ConnectionISKCON finding
Timeline
Each status change in this record, on one axis, with the periods of the cases Muralivadaka Dasa is involved in.
- 1998
- AdmittedDec 31, 1998 Molestation of four boys as teacher and headmaster The decision states: "Muralivadaka dasa has admitted to these inappropriate sexual acts with the four children."
- ISKCON findingDec 31, 1998 Molestation of four boys as teacher and headmaster Official Decision of the ISKCON Central Office of Child Protection; text available only as reproduced from the CPO's 1999 newsletter.