Govt moots introducing minimum age to ordain kids as monks

June 13, 2023 05:01 pm

Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Vidura Wickremanayake has expressed the Ministry’s plans to introduce a minimum age requirement for ordaining children as monks.

Accordingly, a discussion in this regard is due to be held with the Chief Prelates on Thursday (15 June) the Minister said, adding that they would be allowed to make the final decision.

Speaking further on the matter, Wickremanayake also said that they intend on holding a discussion pertaining to the setting of an age requirement for the ordainment of children as monks with the National Child Protection Authority (NCPA).

Disclaimer: All the comments will be moderated by the AD editorial. Abstain from posting comments that are obscene, defamatory or slanderous. Please avoid outside hyperlinks inside the comment and avoid typing all capitalized comments. Help us delete comments that do not follow these guidelines by flagging them(mouse over a comment and click the flag icon on the right side). Do use these forums to voice your opinions and create healthy discourse.