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At least nine abbots and senior monks involved in the scandal have been disrobed and cast out of the monkhood, police said.
A 35-year-old woman was arrested in Nonthaburi, Thailand, on July 15 for allegedly engaging in sexual relations with senior ...
The scandal first surfaced in mid-June when the abbot of the prestigious Wat Tri Thotsathep monastery abruptly left the ...
Police in Thailand have arrested a woman who allegedly enticed a string of Buddhist monks into sexual relationships and then ...
A third of Buddhist monks tested positive for meth during a surprise raid at a temple in northern Thailand. Six of 18 clergymen were kicked out of the monkhood after failing drug tests at the Wat ...
Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has ...
New accusations involving illicit sex and blackmail have shaken the nation and opened a debate on the privileges monks enjoy ...
A 35-year-old woman in Thailand has been arrested for allegedly blackmailing several monks with photos and videos of their ...
Reverence for the saffron-robed Buddhist monkhood is deeply woven into Thai society, but a sex extortion scandal has ...
Thailand's Buddhist community is rocked by a sex and blackmail scandal involving senior monks, sparking calls for reform and ...
A woman in Thailand allegedly extorted ₹100 crore by blackmailing monks using thousands of ‘intimate’ videos and photos.
The controversy erupted after Phra Thep Wachirapamok—widely known as Arch—the highly respected abbot of Bangkok’s Wat Tri ...