Charged Buddhist institutions and contexts Buddhist institutions and lineages Chiang Mai, Thailand · 2016

Former Chiang Mai abbot Phra Teeradech: arrest warrant in network abusing boys at northern-Thailand temples

Request a correction or reply

Record class

Context only

Evidence status

Charged

Authority role

abbot, Wat San Pa Sak, Chiang Mai

Organization

Wat San Pa Sak

Archive classification

This is the archive's application of its published inclusion test. The cited record appears below.

The accused held the office of Buddhist abbot at Wat San Pa Sak and is alleged to have used that clerical authority, together with a network of fellow abbots, to recruit and abuse boys at the temple.

Pastoral or clerical authority
Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2016-10-05 · arrest warrant issued

Chiang Mai Provincial Court, Thailand. Chiang Mai Provincial Court issued an arrest warrant for Phra Kru Silathada Theeradej Kachornsuk (also referenced as Phra Teeradech), then aged about 50, former abbot of Wat San Pa Sak, on charges of committing indecent acts against children under 15. He was named as part of a network of abbots at well-known northern-Thailand temples accused of luring boys with money then sexually exploiting them; eight victims, around age 14, had filed complaints with a child-protection center in November 2013 describing abuse occurring in mid-2013.

Documented coercion mechanisms

monastic/clerical authority over boys at the temple
network recruitment using promises of money and support

Cited record

Sources

national press arrest report Khaosod, 'จับคากุฏิ! อดีตเจ้าอาวาสวัดดังเชียงใหม่ ร่วมขบวนการพระ ลวงตุ๋ย 8 เด็กชาย' (Chiang Mai abbot-network abuse arrest report).: Thai-language report detailing the network of abbots, the eight boy victims, and the arrest of the former Wat San Pa Sak abbot.
national press arrest report Matichon, 'ฉาวอีก! จับสึกเจ้าอาวาส วัดดังเชียงใหม่ ล่วงละเมิดเด็กไทใหญ่-สามเณร คากุฏิ นานหลายปี' (related Chiang Mai temple abuse coverage).: Additional Thai-language coverage of Chiang Mai temple sexual-abuse network arrests context.

Source provenance

Source access and integrity log

This log records source retrieval and file integrity. It does not mean that an automated process independently confirmed every statement in the source.

Source and tier basis: https://www.khaosod.co.th/breaking-news/news_2700683 Corpus classification: national-press; evidentiary role: arrest-report. SHA-256 6308a164597efc1712d9979ddd21db06533f0ca648efe79fe7ee552a7a76a1c5
Retrieval: 2026-07-27 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://www.matichon.co.th/region/news_4319483 Corpus classification: national-press; evidentiary role: arrest-report. SHA-256 12f83e8050a712258379bcfc3fe7e5fbd112712f7cc8413216c0a4bc895a05eb
Retrieval: 2026-07-27 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

Named in this record? Request a correction, report a changed disposition, or submit a response.

Related record

Related cases · Buddhist institutions and contexts

Browse all 41 Buddhist institutions and contexts records

← Explore all cases