Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Buddhist monk rapes British tourist.

If you read the rest of the article, it's amazing how British media and society either doesn't take rape seriously, or blames women for it. Only 6% of rape cases end in convictions in England. Even in this case, where the monk immediately confessed, police are still skeptical and still listening to "their sides of the incident."

From the Daily Mail:

A young Buddhist monk is being held by police in Cambodia for allegedly raping a British tourist he was guiding to mountain-top temples.

Police said the orange-robed novice had been arrested after the 39-year-old unnamed British woman told police he had attacked her at a tourist site in the north-west of the country.

The monk, Thorn Sophoan, 17, confessed to the crime, according to local police.

[...] The monk faces up to 25 years in jail if he is convicted of rape.

Many young Cambodians become monks to escape widespread poverty, but they do not always devote their lives to the clergy. Sometimes they are briefly ordained so they can pay gratitude to their parents, honour a dead relative or study Buddhism.

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