Falling prey to the people you trust the most scars you in ways one cannot imagine.
Recently, local content creator, Lee, 28, opened up about getting “sexually groomed by a Buddhist monk” when he was 14 years old.
He, however, stressed in his video that he is not in need of “sympathy or justice”.
“Grooming happens without you even knowing,” he said, adding that he came from a pretty troubled background and was hence “always looking for love outside of home” as a kid or teenager.
A Buddhist monk took Lee, who was actually going to become a monk, in as a disciple. He then stayed at the monk’s temple for three months.
“He knew a lot of powerful and very rich people in Singapore and so at 14 years old, you can imagine, being exposed to the outside world, he brought me to meet a lot of wealthy people,” he recalled.
“Being exposed to that kind of environment, it makes you so grateful and you feel like that’s love, that’s nurturing, that’s mentorship.”
That was how Lee grew to be “very grateful” towards the monk because he was, at that point, going through some personal troubles.
