Ex-monk turns rotten
An eldery abbot is in shock after a young man whom he nurtured through his early years at his Suphan Buri temple betrayed him by stealing more than one million baht.
Phra Khru Wimonpariyatyaporn (Luang Phor Thong Sukinprasert), 89, abbot of Wat Uya is a member of the old school of monks who deposits temple donations in his own bank account.
However, until recently he relied on the services of a former temple boy who was in 2011 ordained at Wat Uya, known as Thanakorn (no surname supplied), or Phra Jay as he was back then, to do the banking.
Phra Jay was a diligent monk, ingratiating himself with elders, helping organise functions, doing the paperwork and taking the temple into the technology age. The temple, spread over a 38 rai site, is…
