Melbourne doctor formed cult before using god-like status to rape members’ children

Pradeep Dissanayake forced members to give him money and send hourly messages of praise before he sexually abused two girls, court of appeal says

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A Melbourne skin doctor established a Buddhist-Christian cult and used his godlike status" to rape his followers' children while forcing them to give him money and send hourly text messages of praise.

Pradeep Dissanayake, the founder of the Windsor-based Melbourne Medical Skin Clinic, returned from a trip to Sri Lanka in 2016 and began to preach, eventually establishing a sect that blended Buddhism and Christianity, according to a Victorian court of appeal decision published earlier this month.

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