This essay is from the Yogananda Site web pages; follow link to read essay –
https://yoganandasite.wordpress.com/2019/04/03/the-gurus-ransom-for-the-sins-of-many-yogananda-ay/

Note : This site is maintained and sponsored by the
London Ontario Informal meditation circle of
Self-Realization Fellowship/YSS. The Master’s work was
founded over 100 years ago by Paramahansa Yogananda and many great saviors of the East.
As the divinely realized savoir of a great spiritual lineage for this age, Yogananda was chosen as the interface with modern humanity by His illustrious predecessors because of His natural teaching skills and His true spiritual attainments. He is truly an ascended Master!
His divine love and wisdom resulted in a truly updated and
verifiable dispensation which serves as a major correction to many of the worlds erroneous religious ideas. Many of the worlds pseudo religious concepts were in fact politicized and misunderstood.
Paramahansa Yogananda was not a “Hindu missionary”, He is a non-sectarian self-realized “Son of God.”
He proclaimed Himself to be the final Guru in His particular lineage shown below. Others claiming to be his bona-fide successors have not measured up – I know, as I have met a few of them. They may be established teachers of their own communities, but they are not genuine successors of this Master of this Kriya Yoga path!
Yogananda says “it is not the same thing, they have broken the divine link with His sacred lineage.” pp