Overview

• The lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court accuses an unnamed monk and the temple’s overseeing society of placing the boy under legal guardianship and subjecting him to prolonged polytraumatic abuse between 2003 and 2005
• Alleged mistreatment includes boiling water burns, beatings with a percussion mallet, whipping with sticks and force-feeding the child until he became sick
• It recounts a 2005 incident in which the monk allegedly stomped on the boy’s abdomen, rupturing his stomach and leading to a three-week hospitalization followed by a police investigation that yielded no charges
• The plaintiff seeks unspecified monetary damages for assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress against both the monk and the society that runs Chan Quang Temple
• Neither the monk nor the temple has filed a response to the notice of civil claim and calls to the temple went unanswered, leaving the allegations untested in court