Thai ex-monk imprisoned for raping underage girl
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A Thai court has jailed a former Buddhist monk for five-and-half years for raping a teenage girl at his Bangkok temple, in the latest scandal to tarnish the image of the nation’s clergy.
Sanan Kamsridaeng, 65, confessed to raping the girl — who was aged under 15 at the time — last year and detaining her against her will when he was still a monk, a Bangkok criminal court official said.
“He was sentenced on Thursday to six years in jail for the first count ... and five years for the second count. But because he confessed the judge cut his sentence,” the official said.
He was disrobed after his arrest last year.
In recent weeks Thailand’s national religion has faced damaging accusations linked to monks’ behavior, with high-profile scandals ranging from reports of monks taking drugs and drinking, to a case in May of five defrocked abbots charged with sexually abusing boys.
The National Office of Buddhism recently launched a hotline for people to report monks behaving badly, after the leader of Thailand’s military junta expressed concern over the image of Buddhism.
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