Monk uses dating app, crashes car
published : 29 Mar 2024 at 08:47
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Chakrapan Natanri
A monk was ordered to be defrocked after a car accident in Khon Kaen raised suspicion that he used a dating application to meet another monk and was involved in drug abuse.
The deputy ecclesiastical chief of Khon Kaen said on Wednesday evening that he ordered a 32-year-old monk of Wat Sa Thong in Mancha Khiri district to be defrocked after discovering that he used his civilian picture in his dating application account.
The monk allegedly used the app to arrange a meeting with another monk from Nakhon Phanom province at a hotel.
Both were travelling in a Toyota Fortuner, which hit a barrier and broke down on Srichan Road in front of Khon Kaen Hospital on Tuesday.
Drug use equipment was found in the car and in the monk's room at the temple.
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- barrier: a bar or gate that stops people, animals or vehicles from entering a place - สิ่งกีดขวางทางผ่าน
- chief: a person with a high rank or the highest rank in a company or an organisation - หัวหน้า, ผู้นำ
- civilian: of someone who does not belong to the armed forces or the police - พลเรือน
- defrock: to officially remove a monk priest from his job, because he has done something wrong - ทำให้สึกจากการเป็นพระ
- deputy: a person whose rank is immediately below that of the leader of an organisation - รอง
- ecclesiastical (adj): connected with religious activities - เกี่ยวกับนักบวช,
