Monk congress won’t tackle child abuse
Despite recent high-profile cases of monastic child sex abuse, the organisers of a national conference for monks have left the issue off of the agenda, a move met with criticism yesterday by child protection advocates.
At a press conference to launch the 24th congress of Buddhist monks, held in Phnom Penh, no mention was made of the issue of child protection in pagodas, nor did the topic feature anywhere in a lengthy document outlining the agenda for the event – an omission one child protection official called “a missed opportunity”. …
Jamie Elliott and Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monk-congress-wont-tackle-child-abuse
