Monk arrested for child abuse

[snoop1130]

Monk arrested for child abuse

By Suriya Patathayo 
The Nation

 

 

A monk has been arrested and defrocked for alleged sexual violations against boys and posting pornographic content online.

 

“He has confessed that he has committed the crimes for more than 10 years already. Whenever his behaviour was exposed at a temple, he would simply move to another,” said Pol Lt General Surachate Hakparn, deputy chief of Thailand’s Action Taskforce for Information Technology Crime Suppression. 

 

Surachate identified the suspect, now defrocked, as 40-year-old Sikarin Klaisuwan. 

 

“He opted for temples that had often organised mass ordinations for novice monks because there were plenty of boys for him to approach,” Surachate said. 

 

He said Sikarin was being charged for abusing under-15s. The charges carry a jail term of between four and 20 years and a fine of between Bt80,000 and Bt400,000. 

 

Surachate said police found Sikarin had kept many clips of sexual assaults against boys at his quarters in Kanchanaburi province. 

 

In another case, police found a 30-year-old monk in Khon Kaen province was releasing pornographic content on Line and Facebook. 

 

After defrocking, the suspect was identified as Danainat Saengphan. 

 

“He apparently lured girls to talk to him and send their nude photos to him without them knowing that he was a monk,” Surachate said. 

 

He added that his agency also arrested an 82-year-old German for possessing child pornography. 

 

“He is liable to a jail term of up to five years and a fine of Bt100,000, if convicted,” Surachate said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30363324

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2019-01-31

[Bluespunk]

Scum

[Nsp64]

Monks

[rkidlad]

28 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

“He has confessed that he has committed the crimes for more than 10 years already. Whenever his behaviour was exposed at a temple, he would simply move to another,”

I would change “he would simply move to another” to “he was simply ‘allowed’ to move to another”.

 

Shocking standards. 

[Justin Side]

Monks are worst than most.

[ThreeEyedRaven]

It really sickens me that people the world over seem to be drawn towards religious activity, with the associated trust that is implicit, in a follower of supposed higher morals, to gain access to a child with which to fulfil their perverted sexual desires. The fact he has been doing it for countless years, is as horrific as is the likelihood of exactly the same thing going on in multiple locations across the country and region. Foreigners seem to have got the message, as there are very infrequent arrests reported these days of such, while the locals don't seem to have, and the powers that be, who should be observant for this sort of thing, have clearly been asleep on the job. And to get away with it in multiple locations for over ten years, says a lot about who the cops have been spying on, and why scum such as this have been getting away with it.

Even the NGO's might want to reassess where the enemy lies.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

56 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Whenever his behaviour was exposed at a temple, he would simply move to another

 

That's pretty much the way it works here for all the locals who get in trouble:

--abusing monks

--corrupt cops

--molesting teachers, etc etc etc.

 

Out of one job, put on ice for a while, and then off to start over again in some new position. 

 

The cycle is rarely broken, only temporarily interrupted.

 

[Prissana Pescud]

I live in a small village near Kabinburi. The monks are wonderful. My brother in law is a senior monk in one of the wat near Sakaeo.

He is a good man with a great sense of humour. I told him he was welcome to move in with us as he got older.

Other monks listening in protested. Don't take him away, he is loved here by the people. Not all monks are bad.

In Australia, there is still ongoing issues with previous centuries of child exploitation in institutions and especially the Catholic and Church of England religions.

Many disgraced clergymen, having been released from a gaol term for child rape have been found to be receiving huge financial support from the churches above and beyond

any pension they were entitled too. The religious institutions seem not to comprehend that the filth that represented their faith and raped and abused children have done anything wrong.

They take solace in the New Testament quote. Suffer the children to come unto me.

In some instances I wish we still had the death penalty because these vermin have destroyed so many lives.

[Pilotman]

2 minutes ago, Prissana Pescud said:

I live in a small village near Kabinburi. The monks are wonderful. My brother in law is a senior monk in one of the wat near Sakaeo.

He is a good man with a great sense of humour. I told him he was welcome to move in with us as he got older.

Other monks listening in protested. Don't take him away, he is loved here by the people. Not all monks are bad.

In Australia, there is still ongoing issues with previous centuries of child exploitation in institutions and especially the Catholic and Church of England religions.

Many disgraced clergymen, having been released from a gaol term for child rape have been found to be receiving huge financial support from the churches above and beyond

any pension they were entitled too. The religious institutions seem not to comprehend that the filth that represented their faith and raped and abused children have done anything wrong.

They take solace in the New Testament quote. Suffer the children to come unto me.

In some instances I wish we still had the death penalty because these vermin have destroyed so many lives.

Religions in all the forms, has been the instigator of violence, wars, abuse, corruption and degradation since man came onto this Earth.  

[tingtong]

1 hour ago, rkidlad said:

I would change “he would simply move to another” to “he was simply ‘allowed’ to move to another”.

 

Shocking standards. 

 

not at all very different from school directors, government employees, police officers, etc who found in the wrong.

standard everyday practice. (sadly)

[djayz]

1 hour ago, rkidlad said:

I would change “he would simply move to another” to “he was simply ‘allowed’ to move to another”.

 

Shocking standards. 

No better than the Catholic Church then. 

[mauGR1]

1 hour ago, Pilotman said:

Religions in all the forms, has been the instigator of violence, wars, abuse, corruption and degradation since man came onto this Earth.  

That's quite an ignorant statement, it would be more correct to say that religion has been used by evil people as an excuse to do evil things.

Or, as in this case, it has been used as a mask by that disgraceful excuse of a human being.

Apparently you think that without religion, the world will be a better place, but unfortunately you are wrong.

Good and bad existed before religion, and they will be here after religion is gone.

[rkidlad]

24 minutes ago, djayz said:

No better than the Catholic Church then. 

It is no better than the Catholic Church, but what does that have to do with anything? 

[BigBadGeordie]

61 years old now.

 

Abused from 6 years to 11 years old.

 

Nothing takes it away.

 

EVER EVER.

 

And <deleted> you if you want to blame the victim.

[rott]

51 minutes ago, djayz said:

No better than the Catholic Church then. 

Not necessarily, when the Catholic Church could no longer ignore the conduct of a priest THEY moved him. It says here that this monk moved on himself or possibly was allowed to.

[Prissana Pescud]

1 hour ago, mauGR1 said:

That's quite an ignorant statement, it would be more correct to say that religion has been used by evil people as an excuse to do evil things.

Or, as in this case, it has been used as a mask by that disgraceful excuse of a human being.

Apparently you think that without religion, the world will be a better place, but unfortunately you are wrong.

Good and bad existed before religion, and they will be here after religion is gone.

I am an not religious at all. Virgin births, a "holy spirit" that apparently raped virgins to impregnate them, resurrections

and old testament yarns that are recreations of ancient Egyptian and Greek mythos to me is laughable to anyone with any intellect.

I understand that Buddhism is not strictly a religion. A philosophy of how to be good and attain even more good.

But my wife and I go to the wat every few weeks so that she can catch up with friends and have a bit of a gossip.

The format of the Buddhist ceremonies takes the form of a religion (to me) I love the tonal chant.

The wat in my small village is the "glue" that holds the community together.

Births, deaths, marriages and all the paraphenalia that goes with this is centred on the wat.

And the Buddhist beliefs cause little harm.

I don't know how this monk molested a child when no one is supposed to touch a monk, never mind being alone with one.

But it happened, the perp has been caught and hopefully we will never hear of another case like this.

 

[Prissana Pescud]

1 hour ago, BigBadGeordie said:

61 years old now.

 

Abused from 6 years to 11 years old.

 

Nothing takes it away.

 

EVER EVER.

 

And <deleted> you if you want to blame the victim.

I guess no one not in your situation will ever understand.

But I believe no one is blaming you, the victim anymore. 

That was the purpose of all the legal investigations into institutions and religious orders.

In Australia, a belated compensation is available.

I had a relationship with a lady many years ago..

She had been raped, abused and humiliated from the age of 6 to 14.

By her father. With her mothers knowledge.

When at age 14 she reported it to police, everyone from police, family, friends and the church urged her to keep silent.

So she ran away from home.

There is no compensation available to this lady who is still suffering.

It caused our break up. Solace was beyond her.

If there is a hell, I hope the scum who have abused children get what is owed to them.

Meanwhile authorities and religious institutions try to downplay the cause and effects.

But we, the general population are trying to maintain the rage. Hopefully on your behalf.

Cheers mate. Take care.

[Reigntax]

4 hours ago, Pilotman said:

Religions in all the forms, has been the instigator of violence, wars, abuse, corruption and degradation since man came onto this Earth.  

And let us not forget their greatest purpose to keep the believers from rising up against the ruling classes on a promise of a better next life

[Aussieroaming]

Pathetic and sickening behaviour from a scum person hiding behind a robe. 

[Pilotman]

10 hours ago, mauGR1 said:

That's quite an ignorant statement, it would be more correct to say that religion has been used by evil people as an excuse to do evil things.

Or, as in this case, it has been used as a mask by that disgraceful excuse of a human being.

Apparently you think that without religion, the world will be a better place, but unfortunately you are wrong.

Good and bad existed before religion, and they will be here after religion is gone.

Sorry, but I don't agree, in fact I couldn't disagree more.  Religions of any kind have been a curse upon human kind, since humans in caves started worshipping stars.  

[mauGR1]

8 hours ago, Prissana Pescud said:

The wat in my small village is the "glue" that holds the community together.

 

15 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

Sorry, but I don't agree, in fact I couldn't disagree more.  Religions of any kind have been a curse upon human kind, since humans in caves started worshipping stars.  

I quoted just a line from PP's post, it explains how the religion you despise so much has been, since thousands of years the "glue" of the communities.

Unless you think that the tribal society is better than civilised society, is undeniable that religion, with all its flaws and aberrations, have been a fulcrum of what we call civilisation.

Apparently, i think you'll agree, humans need something to worship, but what has that got to do with some deranged individuals pretending to be monks, or priests, to abuse helpless children ?

My point, in short, you can erase any form of religion, but to erase the evil from human mind, that's a more complicated task.

 

[animalmagic]

Just now, mauGR1 said:

My point, in short, you can erase any form of religion, but to erase the evil from human mind, that's a more complicated task.

But it also appears from history that for the evil in human minds to really flourish it feeds on religion.

[Ridler]

12 hours ago, Prissana Pescud said:

I live in a small village near Kabinburi. The monks are wonderful. My brother in law is a senior monk in one of the wat near Sakaeo.

He is a good man with a great sense of humour. I told him he was welcome to move in with us as he got older.

You never know what they are up to once you have gone home and they have stopped making you laugh, notnall of them are wonderful

[Liverpudlian]

religion is like Mcdonalds, get em while there young and fill em full of crap.

[mauGR1]

1 minute ago, animalmagic said:

But it also appears from history that for the evil in human minds to really flourish it feeds on religion.

That would be difficult to prove, why do you think that evil "really" flourish on religion ?

Is that a kind of fertilizer ?

I can share some contempt for "organised religions" , and especially for the fanatics of any religion, but again, i don't think religion, in the sense of philosophy, should carry the blame for the rotten apples among humans.

It is what it is, if we blame religion, we could blame civilisation altogether.

 

[Spidey]

9 hours ago, Prissana Pescud said:

But it happened, the perp has been caught and hopefully we will never hear of another case like this.

 

Don't count on it. Just as with the Catholic Church it's been going on for centuries and will, no doubt continue.

 

What else do you expect from a religion that forces priests/monks to take a vow of chastity, and then provides children "on tap", with a promise to cover up any wrongdoings with said children? It takes a "special" kind of person to want to join such an order.

 

My son is Thai and I am always happy for my wife to teach him Thai traditions. However, I've told her, point blank, that I will never allow him to stay at the Monastry, as is traditional for young Thai boys.

 

No way am I leaving my son in the charge of these perverts.

[Rugon]

12 hours ago, Justin Side said:

Monks are worst than most.

No they are not, they are trying to better their lives and help others. Even the ones with criminal pasts. Obviously, not all are rehabilitated but do't diss them, they are trying.

[Rugon]

10 hours ago, BigBadGeordie said:

61 years old now.

 

Abused from 6 years to 11 years old.

 

Nothing takes it away.

 

EVER EVER.

 

And <deleted> you if you want to blame the victim.

Nearly always the abusers have been abused themselves, so have some compassion for them and work together to break this vicious cycle.

[1duckyboy]

10 hours ago, rott said:

Not necessarily, when the Catholic Church could no longer ignore the conduct of a priest THEY moved him. It says here that this monk moved on himself or possibly was allowed to.

The Popes crew is worse because bishops, archbishops, etc. participated in sheilding the molesters, moving them to different parishes where they continued to prey on children. Priests who molest children under the authority and protection or the Catholic church should go to prison, where they might meet up with some their damaged victims. 

[Pilotman]

25 minutes ago, mauGR1 said:

That would be difficult to prove, why do you think that evil "really" flourish on religion ?

Is that a kind of fertilizer ?

I can share some contempt for "organised religions" , and especially for the fanatics of any religion, but again, i don't think religion, in the sense of philosophy, should carry the blame for the rotten apples among humans.

It is what it is, if we blame religion, we could blame civilisation altogether.

 

surely believing and placing trust in some religious dogma, where there is absolutely  no evidence whatsoever that it exists is a form of delusion, maybe even a mild (ish) form of mental illness?  Certainly religious fanatics of any form are indeed mental cases.