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...more headlines last year than Phra Issaramunee, abbot of Thammaviharee Temple and a personal guru to Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Accused of having an affair with a female follower, he was disrobed, although he still insists he is innocent. The same can't be said for former abbot Phra Thammathorn Wanchai. Two years ago, he was caught by a television news crew in an army colonel's uniform holding a tryst with two prostitutes. Disrobed and sentenced to six months in jail for impersonating an army officer, he was unrepentant and threatened to expose other monks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buddha Boys | 4/29/2002 | See Source »

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