On July 27, the temple announced that Shi Yongxin was under investigation by multiple authorities for allegedly embezzling funds and having affairs with various women, resulting in him fathering at ...

BEIJING (AP) — China's famous Shaolin Temple announced on Sunday that its abbot is under investigation on suspicion of misappropriation and embezzlement of project funds and temple assets.

Following the ousting of former abbot Shi Yongxin over allegations of financial and sexual misconduct, his successor Shi ...

The case of Shi Yongxin, former abbot of the world-renowned Shaolin Temple, has sounded an alarm for the entire Buddhist ...

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Bloomberg News was unable to reach Shi. In a statement on July 27, the temple confirmed that Shi was under investigation and ...

An official probe into the jet-setting abbot of China’s Shaolin Temple has fueled cynicism about capitalism and religion.