Protect the child’s privacy. Protect her dignity. Protect the legal process. Protect the accused person’s right to a fair trial. And protect the principle that no robe, title, temple office, family connection, political friendship, or social status can place a person beyond investigation.
A religion that teaches discipline should not fear accountability.
A temple that teaches compassion should not fear child protection.
A society that respects Buddhism should be mature enough to say: the robe deserves honour when it carries humility, restraint, and moral responsibility. But the robe cannot be allowed to become immunity.
This is not anti-Buddhist.
This is pro-child.
This is pro-law.
This is pro-truth.
And if we are serious about moral life in Sri Lanka, then the standard must be simple: no child is too powerless to be heard, and no adult is too sacred to be investigated.