Police arrive at Wat Phayawat in Muang Nan district of Nan on Friday to question its deputy abbot before pressing child molestation charges. (Photo by Rarinthorn Petcharoen)NAN: Three monks including an abbot in this northern province are facing charges of sodomising teenage boys in cases that police say began six years ago. Phrasamu Udon Shinwangso, the deputy abbot of Wat Phayawat in Muang district, has been charged with taking minors under age 15 for molestation and molesting children aged under 15. He would be defrocked, said Pol Col Prayoon Chamnankong, chief of the Muang district police station. Pol Col Prayoon said the charges followed complaints made by male siblings aged 19 and 15.

Source: Bangkok Post November 11, 2017 08:48 UTC