Pallegama Hemarathana, the chief prelate of Colombo, has been arrested at a hospital. He faces accusations of sexually abusing an 11-year-old girl in 2022.

Pallegama Hemarathana, 71, was arrested at a private hospital in the capital Colombo, where he had sought treatment over the weekend amid an investigation into the alleged abuse of the 11-year-old girl in 2022