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Thai monk defrocked after locals record alleged sexual encounter
A Buddhist monk in Nakhon Si Thammarat, southern Thailand, has been defrocked after locals recorded him allegedly having sex with a religious follower. Residents said they had installed hidden cameras because of reports he was repeatedly having sexual encounters, and complained to Buddhist authorities after capturing the incident.
Officials confronted the monk with the footage, and he reportedly admitted his identity before being taken to a district authority and stripped of his robes. A senior monk said the alleged conduct was a Parajika offence, which permanently bars a person from ordination. The case has also prompted calls to investigate temple donations and appoint a new abbot; it comes amid other sex and financial scandals involving Thai clergy.
In short
- A monk in southern Thailand was defrocked after locals filmed an alleged sexual encounter.
- Buddhist authorities classified the alleged act as a serious monastic offence.
- Residents called for scrutiny of temple donations and a new abbot.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Buddhist monk is defrocked after he was ‘caught having sex on camera by locals who were sick of him regularly romping with women’”.