Senior Monks Quit Over Poker Playing Scandal

Senior monks from South Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, the Jogye Order, have resigned this past week following a shocking scandal in which eight monks were videotaped smoking, drinking and playing poker. 

Prosecutors launched a probe into the video footage playing the game in a hotel in southern South Korea on April 23. 

"The high-ranking monks tendered their resignation en masse earlier in the day because they need to take responsibility for the incident that should not have taken place," said a senior monk at the Jogye Order.

Ven. Jaseung, head of the Jogye Order, ordered stern punishment for the monks involved and the sect had been expected to make a public apology to the nation this past Friday. 

It is suspected a rival sect may have secretly videotaped the gambling incident.   

- Gilbert Horowitz, Gambling911.com