Another case of monks behaving badly again emerged within the northeastern province of Khon Kaen after residents accused a younger novice of dressing up as a lady, selling sex to different novices and monks in the temple and partying in nightclubs. The abbot of the temple has been accused of turning a blind eye to the novice’s decadent activities.
A Facebook web page, E-Sor News (อีซ้อขยี้ข่าว) shared a picture of the novice in question seated fastening a black bra round his chest. Accompanying the picture, the caption reads…
“Dressing up like a girl, providing intercourse services, and attempting to find males. Having sex with different monks and novices within the temple. Locals complained to the abbot who is conscious of every thing but ignores it. Some monks and novices in the temple are also curious concerning the issue. Why has nobody done anything? A royal monastery in Khon Kaen.”
Channel 3 interviewed locals dwelling nearby the temple about the issue. The locals recognized the novice featured in the picture as J, confirming that he indeed has been contravening the foundations of Thai Buddhism, as mentioned within the Facebook publish.
According to the locals, the novice at all times dressed up like a lady at night and went out of the temple to party in nightclubs. He also had intercourse with other monks and novices within the temple both free of charge and for money. Effortless reported the problem to the abbot, however he ignored it.
As of now, the National Office of Buddhism has not supplied any response or taken any motion in response to the matter. Additionally, the identify of the temple remains undisclosed. The abbot presumably hopes the difficulty will disappear.
A comparable accusation in opposition to Buddhist monks was reported two years ago. A younger monk in the Isaan province of Nong Khai was accused of dressing up as a lady and consuming alcohol at parties at evening. An investigation into the accusation was performed and equally, no development has been reported.
During the identical yr, 2021, one other monk from a broadly known temple in the southern province of Songkhla was caught boozing with a woman on the seaside. He changed his outfit from orange robes to normal apparel but he did not escape police consideration.
In February this 12 months, a novice from a temple in the northern province of Chaing Mai apologised to the basic public for wearing a yellow hat and purple scarf which was thought of violating the non secular guidelines.
On demand was additionally accused of getting intercourse with a person at an lodging on the temple premises, one thing he denied..