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Call to prosecute women who have sex with monks after ‘seductress’ scandal
Women should be prosecuted for having sex with monks, Thai politicians have proposed, amid a nationwide scandal over an ...
Global Missions With Monks Led Adventurer Into Wild World Of Whiskey
Two Benedictine monks, some Indiana Jones-like adventures, and a visit to a Kentucky bourbon maker led a Minnesota man to become a pioneering whiskey maker.
Thai police to probe senior monks involved in large-scale fraud, extorting funds for temple construction
BANGKOK (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Thai police investigate senior monks in connection with extorting hundreds of millions for ...
Who Is Wilawan Emsawat? Thai Woman Who Trapped Monks With 80,000 Nudes, Social Media And Extorted Rs 100 Cr In Blackmail
Nine monks, including high-ranking abbots from well-known temples, have since been defrocked. At least two have gone into ...
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After Catholic monks’ vineyard was burned in wildfires, Israelis dig in to help replant
The Latrun Monastery's agricultural lands took a hard hit in this spring's blazes, prompting a grassroots interfaith effort ...
Bangkok Post on MSN3h
'Big Tao' cracking down on misbehaving monks
Pol Maj Gen Jaroonkiat Pankaew, has been seen at temple halls across several provinces in the past couple of days.He wasn't there to make merit, however. He was waiting for senior monks accused of ...
Thailand temple scandal: Monks caught in $12m sex-blackmail scheme; King cancels birthday ceremony invite
A major scandal has rocked Thailand's Buddhist clergy, with at least 11 monks accused of sexual misconduct and extortion.
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The law that aims to punish women who have relationships with Buddhist monks
In the last three years, 10 million euros were deposited into Wilawan Emsawat's account, who recorded the encounters and ...