DHARAMSHALA, India (The Adobo Chronicles, Kuala Lumpur Bureau) – From India to the Philippines, from Canada to China, The Dalai Lama has received severe tongue-lashing on social media.

This, after a video taken last February surfaced on the Internet showing the Tibetan spiritual leader kissing a young boy and asking him to suck his tongue.

Many were disgruntled and condemned the action while others tried to defend and justify it.

This is not the first time that a spiritual leader figured in a controversy. American pastors have been criticized for monetizing their ministries while Roman Catholic priests have been accused of child molestation and other offenses.

One particular book, “Altar of Secrets,” authored by a Filipino, chronicles sex abuse, politics and money matters among the clergy in the Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – No human being is more happy than Jim Paredes after videos of the Dalai Lama spread across social media showing him sticking out his tongue before a little boy.

Many will recall that Paredes, a singer and certified Kakampink, became a viral sensation after a video of him sticking out his tongue and doing something else was leaked on social media.

Paredes told The Adobo Chronicles that to err is human, to forgive divine, adding that “if the Dalai Lama can stick his tongue out in public, why can’t I?”

The member of the band Apo Hiking Society says he feels totally vindicated as he stuck out his tongue one more time for posterity. (AC chose not to publish the photo reprise of Paredes’ tongue classic.)

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