BANGKOK: A Thai court has jailed a former Buddhist monk for five-and-half years for raping a teenage girl at his Bangkok temple, in the latest scandal to tarnish the image of the nation's clergy.
Sanan Kamsridaeng, 65, confessed to raping the girl - who was aged under 15 at the time - last year and detaining her against her will when he was still a monk, a Bangkok criminal court official told AFP.
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