Summary
We used to be shocked by sex scandals in the clergy. Given the endless stream of those wrongdoings, we no longer are. Heterosex has also become old news. The rage now is about gay and paedophile monks. The latest scandal involved an abbot in Nakhon Si Thammarat. His lover accused him of being unfaithful after finding out that the abbot had invited a group of teenagers to drink and party at his quarters. The last straw was reportedly the taint of semen on the abbot's mattress. Their quarrel turned violent. The jilted lover, after being beaten up, reported the matter to the police. The abbot fled and quit the monkhood to avoid arrest and forced disrobement. Having sexual intercourse, either straight or gay, is a cardinal sin in the monks' code of conduct. Their monkhood automatically ends once they commit the crime. When found out, they must be expelled from the clergy.
Personal Response
Our societies nowadays, good and bad persons are living together, in buddhism too. I think all monks should follow and keep all Sila of monks. Otherwise it will affect the image of Buddhism. If they cannot follow the rules, quit from monkhood is better. When monks no longer know what ordination and monkhood means, there is little hope for change.On the other hand, I do believe that there still have many of good pure heart monks who work for duty and never asking for anything in return.
Reference
http://www.bangkokpost.com/blogs/index.php/2009/01/30/sex-in-the-monastery?blog=64
Name: Ekarad Akarungruangwut
ID: 2500200189
Section: 9231
No. 20
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