Former followers of 68-year-old Warwickshire Paedophile guru Rajinder Kalia claim he pretended to be “God on Earth,” therefore corrupting and sexually abusing them. They have an £8 million lawsuit against him.
Claiming divinity with a direct relationship to God and the capacity for conversation or manifestation of God, Rajinder Kalia is claimed to have presented himself as more than just a priest.
To persuade his followers of his celestial abilities, Rajinder Kalia used made recordings of miracles such lighting water and squeezing blood from lemons.
It is said that he used these claims to acquire excessive authority over his followers, therefore enabling financial exploitation and sexual assault.
Arriving in England at the age of twenty-one, Rajinder Kalia later built his own Baba Balak Nath temple in Coventry in 1986.
Seven plaintiffs in the action, which is being tried at London’s High Court, claim that Kalia’s sensual behaviour covered a darker reality of manipulation and abuse.
According to the newspaper, Barrister Mark Jones, who represents the claimants, said Rajinder Kalia portrayed herself as an avatar of God through claimed miracles, therefore weakening the disciples’ capacity to freely assent.
Among the accusations are claims of decades of non-consensual sexual activity.
One woman who joined Rajinder Kalia’s temple as a single mother reported regular sermons in which he allegedly took charge of her eternal fate.
She testified tearfully about years of mistreatment, with Rajinder Kalia allegedly justifying his behaviour as more like those of Hindu gods.
Another woman said the violence started when she was just thirteen years old.
She claimed she was threatened and unfairly charged in retribution, although reporting the abuse to authorities in 2017.
Living in a £1.1 million house in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, Rajinder Kalia and his wife have refuted all allegations.
According to his legal team, the accusations are a part of a bigger effort meant for extortion of him.
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