A prominent monk implicated in an alleged embezzlement case involving temple funds and affairs with a woman is based outside of Bangkok, a senior police officer said on Saturday.The case is also ...

The abbot of Wat Nakhon Sawan, who was also the ecclesiastical chief in this lower northern province, left the monkhood just ...

Police are investigating a high-ranking monk over allegations he embezzled hundreds of millions of baht in temple donations and engaged in an inappropriate romantic relationship, in a case reminiscent ...

Phra Theppacharaporn, now known as Sompong -- who allegedly transferred 380,000 baht from temple funds to Ms Wilawan.Police pressed two charges: embezzlement by a state official under Section 147 of ...

Investigators of the Thailand Police who searched her house found more than 80,000 photos and videos used to blackmail the ...

BANGKOK, July 16 — A woman accused of seducing senior Buddhist monks and blackmailing them into paying large sums of money ...

The sex scandal involving senior monks continues to escalate as two more are defrocked, raising serious concerns about the ...

The controversy erupted after Phra Thep Wachirapamok—widely known as Arch—the highly respected abbot of Bangkok’s Wat Tri ...

Nine monks, including high-ranking abbots from well-known temples, have since been defrocked. At least two have gone into ...

A major scandal has erupted in Thailand involving Wilawan Emsawat, accused of blackmailing senior Buddhist monks through ...

Thai police have arrested a woman who allegedly had sexual relations with monks, and then used photos and videos of the acts ...