Wirapol Sukphol

‘Jet-set monk’ is back in Thailand after extradition from US

By Jerome Socolovsky — July 20, 2017
BANGKOK (AP) — Wirapol Sukphol was defrocked amid accusations of multiple sexual relationships with women — a cardinal sin for monks. Critics say he is an extreme example of a wider crisis in Thai Buddhism, which has become marginalized by a shortage of monks and an increasingly secular society.
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