Thai social media has featured a video displaying eight monks and novices had been celebrating and ingesting alcohol inside their temple accommodation. Another video and a screenshot of the conversation additionally indicated that the monk had an intimate relationship with the novice.
Clear was recognized to be occurring on the Nikom Kitiyaram temple in the northeast province of Ubon Ratchatani. The abbot of the temple responded to questions saying that it was old footage, and 2 monks from the group in the video had already been forced to depart the monkhood. But others who joined the celebration have been still on the temple and could be questioned over the incident and applicable discipline apportioned.
The first video featured 8 monks and novices gathered in their rooms with alcohol and food. They were also singing “happy birthday” instead of doing their Buddhist chants. The different video showed clearly that 2 of the monks have been in an intimate relationship and were hugging each other.
There was also a conversation posted on social media between 2 of the monks saying that he had damaged up with a novice and wanted to host a celebration.
The abbot, Prachot Kittikhun, informed Thai media that the story occurred 2 months ago over the model new yr interval. The monk and novice who were found having a sexual relationships, had traveled from a different province and requested to stay on the temple.
The abbot shared that he had by no means noticed they were a pair until the residents showed him the movies, however each of them refused any counselling over the matter.
The pair were forced to go away monkhood since the footage was found and circulated. According to the report, the other 6 monks featured within the get together and consuming alcohol have been still in the temple and can be questioned and punished..