Shaun Chiverton, 68, this summer became the first non-Thai to be elevated to the second-highest rank in Thailand's monkhood.
BANGKOK – From a working-class childhood on the southern English coast to the top foreign-born monk in Thailand, Shaun Chiverton’s quest for a better life has taken him further than most. Five decades after he traveled to India to follow Buddha’s teachings, the 68-year-old this summer became the first non-Thai to be elevated to the rank of Somdet Phra Rachakhana, or royal monastic leader — the second-highest level in Thailand’s monkhood.
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