- April 2005: Swami Premananda of Tiruchirapalli convicted for raping devotees and murdering a disciple.
- March 2005: Jain monk Virag Sagarji Maharaj accused of more than 40 rapes over 14 years.
- February 2005: Swami Narayan Vadtal sect of Gujarat exposed. Sadhus taped having sex with married female devotees.
- January 2005: Todkar Maharaj of Dronagiri ashram in Kolhapur caught for molesting two women. Porn literature seized.
- December 2004: Tamil writer Anuradha Ramanan says Jayendra Saraswati of Kanchi tried to molest her.
- Since 1998: An ongoing revolt inside Iskcon has brought out cases of child abuse, elopement and homosexual molestation.