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Conviction Buddhist institutions and contexts Buddhist institutions and lineages Na Duang, Loei, Thailand · 2018

Thailand: former abbot convicted of raping a woman lured with an 'exorcism' ritual

Record class

Core record

Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

former abbot of Wat Tham Prakai Phet

Organization

Wat Tham Prakai Phet, Na Duang, Loei

Spiritual nexus

The ritual was the trap: a laywoman submitted to an abbot's claimed power over spirits, and that submission was the assault's mechanism.

  • Exorcism or deliverance

Evidence structure

Proceedings

  1. 2018-01-01 · conviction on confession

    Loei Provincial Court, Thailand. Boonchuay Phansamdaeng, 53, former abbot of Wat Tham Prakai Phet in Loei province, lured a 21-year-old laywoman with an 'exorcism' ritual and raped her; she complained to the Damrongtham Centre in September 2018 and the Loei Provincial Court sentenced him to eight years, halved to four on his confession.

Documented coercion mechanisms

  • 'exorcism' ritual used to isolate and control the victim

Primary record

Sources

national newspaper court reporting verdict and sentencing report Thai Rath: 'เข้าคุกแล้ว อดีตสมภาร... ศาลตัดสิน 8 ปี'.

Thai paper of record's court report.

national newspaper court reporting verdict report MGR Online (Manager) report.

Independent Thai corroboration.

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