fake monks - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 20 Jul 2016 03:08:19 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg fake monks - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Fake monks aggressively begging on streets https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/07/22/fake-monks-aggressively-begging/ Thu, 21 Jul 2016 17:20:53 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=84801 Men sporting shaved heads and robes who impersonate Buddhist monks and aggressively panhandle for donations are once again proliferating in New York City and countries around the world, the authorities said. Reports of the fake monks spiked two years ago, then waned. But now they are back in force from Times Square to the High Read more

Fake monks aggressively begging on streets... Read more]]> Men sporting shaved heads and robes who impersonate Buddhist monks and aggressively panhandle for donations are once again proliferating in New York City and countries around the world, the authorities said.

Reports of the fake monks spiked two years ago, then waned. But now they are back in force from Times Square to the High Line, the public park built on an old elevated rail line on Manhattan's West Side. Continue reading

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