Several hundred people protested at the Kalghidar Sikh temple in Abbotsford on Thursday evening. (Meera Bains/CBC)Hundreds of people crowded an Abbotsford, B.C., temple Thursday evening to protest a performance by a controversial high priest.
Baba Mann Singh Pehowa, a priest who has faced allegations of rape in India, was supposed to sing at the Kalghidar Sikh temple, but he never made it to the microphone.
Hundreds of protesters rushed the temple.
Police officers were on scene working to control the crowd.
Pehowa waited inside the temple, and was eventually given a police escort out of Abbotsford.
In addition to being accused of rape in India, it is also alleged he has committed blasphemous acts in the Sikh religion, such as having people bow down to him.
Pehowa has faced similar protests during visits to Australia and the United States.
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