Monks caught playing poker and boozing

Friday, May 18th, 2012

Six Buddhist monks have been forced to resign in South Korea after they were filmed on camera drinking, smoking and playing a high stakes game of poker.

The video – recorded by a hidden camera in a hotel room in Jangseong – shows the men gambling and carousing before a memorial service for a dead Zen Master on April 23, the Korea Herald reports.

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Monks caught playing poker and boozing

Analysis and Comment

We don’t need women deacons

Married priests, women priests and laity send Terry and me to Hell

Love George Pell or loathe him, we should all be grateful that justice has been delivered

Editorial Comment: “See how they love one another”