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This is hardly new but note that this is just them breaking celibacy not raping or diddling kids.
In general the celibacy aspect of Buddhism is very outdated and a lot of people are being basically forced into monkhood through peer pressure so naturally celibacy is not sustainble in this fashion.
Source: been in Thailand for years
So, essentially, the guys visited an escort and got the rug pulled under their feet.
Could be worse. A lot, lot, worse.
Celibacy makes no sense.
Priests and sex. At least everyone seems of age here.
This is secondhand, half-remembered information I picked up from some stranger on Reddit probably a decade ago, so take it for what it's worth
But my understanding is that in some parts of Asia, being a monk is just sort of a thing that some young people do for a short time, and a lot of them aren't really what we'd think of as "clergy." Not sure if that's the case in Thailand or not.
It's almost more like taking a gap year to go backpacking through Europe or whatever the kids are into these days, or taking a summer job that just happens to be in a Buddhist temple and the uniform is a robe and shaved head instead of a polo shirt and khakis.
Now these seem to be involving "senior monks" so probably not just teens and 20-somethings trying to find themselves.
But I kind of have to wonder how many of those senior monks are more like that friend you had in high school who took a summer job working at a surf shop or something and just never went back to finish college and are still working there a decade or two later than they are someone who truly felt a calling towards religious service.
It’s so strange to hear of Clergy being the ones being taken advantage of for once
My takeaway here: sensationalism. Nothing to see here.
Joining a cult has never been about ridding yourself of human desires and needs, that's impossible. It is always about fleeing responsibility and accountability, submitting to an infallible leader/entity. Unless of course you are forced into the cult as a child, which is child abuse, and should result in immediate rehousing.
Many monks in Thailand are peer pressured into monkhood and it's pretty hard to return to life after you've been a monk for a long time you no longer have any career skills so many are simply stuck.