Sayasith Sitthipanyo, a 58-year-old Nashville Monk at the Wat Lao Xaoput Buddhist Temple, now faces 22 felony charges after he was arrested in June and charged with several counts of sexual battery by an authority figure and displaying sex acts to a minor, who was a then 16-year-old boy who the monk sometimes paid for work around the temple.
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Nashville Monk Arrested for Sexual Battery Against 15-year-old Boy
A monk at the Wat Lao Xaoput Buddhist Temple in Nashville was arrested today and charged with seven counts of sexual battery by an authority figure and eight counts of displaying sex acts to a minor 13 or older.
