Sastra Dasa
Legal name Steven Kapitany
Steven Kapitany
- Teacher, Vrindavan gurukula, India
Record summary
2 entries — 1 charge pending, 1 allegation.
Last reviewedBio
Sastra Dasa (legal name Steven Kapitany) taught at ISKCON’s gurukula in Vrindavan, India, according to the Associated Press, and later lived in Vancouver, Canada. A 1999 report on the cases of ISKCON’s child-protection office lists “Sastra dasa (Steven Kapitany - Vancouver)” among the cases “being actively investigated”; no decision by that office has been found. The dates of his teaching and his later life are not confirmed in the sources reviewed.
Sources (2)
- [1]Associated Press, Hare Krishnas Threatened by Lawsuit (Julia Lieblich) — reproduced by culteducation.com, Jun 15, 1999
- [2]VNN, Some Child Abuse News from VNN — cases of ISKCON's Central Office of Child Protection; copy on the page "child abuser Srutadeva and Muralivadaka"; reproduced by harekrsna.org, 1999
Record
2 entries · most established firstSexual assault of a boy in Vancouver
The Associated Press reported in 1999 that a 12-year-old boy said Kapitany molested him in Vancouver, and that Kapitany was "found guilty of sexual assault and sentenced to six months in jail in Vancouver".
Six months in jail in Vancouver, according to AP. The date and court are not confirmed.
Sources (1)
- [1]Associated Press, Hare Krishnas Threatened by Lawsuit (Julia Lieblich) — reproduced by culteducation.com, Jun 15, 1999 original
Sexual abuse of a student at the Vrindavan gurukula
The Associated Press reported in 1999 that, after the Vancouver complaint, a former student of the Vrindavan gurukula said Kapitany had abused him there. No adjudication of this allegation has been found.
Sources (1)
- [2]Associated Press, Hare Krishnas Threatened by Lawsuit (Julia Lieblich) — reproduced by culteducation.com, Jun 15, 1999 original
Places
1People affected
2 people affected · 0 died- A boy aged 12, VancouverThe Associated Press reported in 1999 that he said Sastra Dasa molested him, and that Sastra Dasa was found guilty of sexual assault and sentenced to six months in jail Abused.ConnectionCharged
- A former student of the Vrindavan gurukulaThe Associated Press reported in 1999 that he said Sastra Dasa had abused him at the school. No adjudication of his allegation has been found Abused.ConnectionReported allegation
Timeline
Each status change in this record, on one axis, with the periods of the cases Sastra Dasa is involved in.
- 1999
- ChargedJune 1999 Sexual assault of a boy in Vancouver Conviction and six-month jail sentence reported by the Associated Press in June 1999; date of conviction not given; court record not yet obtained.
- Reported allegationJune 1999 Sexual abuse of a student at the Vrindavan gurukula