Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00757)

gregory wrote:
> The only court case in which Leadbeater was involved was that related to 
> the custody of Krishnamurti: India, 1913. Leadbeater admitted in his 
> evidence "teaching" masturbation to boys. He denied any physical contact 
> with the boys (contrary to his statements to the TS Committee) but stated 
> that he had sought to assist a boy overcome the necessity of circumcision 
> by "indicative action" (whatever that might have meant).
Well, I'm certain that Leadbeater had physical contact with the boys; I 
would be greatly surprised if he never shook their hands, patted them on 
the back, etc. It's the kind of physical contact that is up to question.

Bart

P.S. You might consider editing the Wikipedia article on Leadbeater. 
I've already made one change myself. It stated that "all Theosophists" 
believed that the "World Teacher" was coming. I changed it to "many 
Theosophists."