article_snippet: Image was posted on Facebook last week and has since been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people - many of whom were angry at the celibate monk breaking a key vow.
article_snippet: But the woman in the photo has now come forward to say the woman in the photo was born a man, and therefore believes the celibate monk breaking a key vow is completely innocent.
article_snippet: A person born in a woman's body would never have been able to get so close to a monk in Buddhist culture and would never dream of doing so, the woman in the photo told the news channel.
article_snippet: According to the woman in the photo account a monk in Buddhist culture, from a temple in Cambodia, had led a blessing ceremony at the woman in the photo family home in Bangkok which involved writing messages on the bodies of the faithful.
article_snippet: Identified only as Thanradaporn, the worshipper said the worshipper felt guilty about the reaction the photo had, saying: 'I feel that I've damaged the monk’s reputation'.
article_snippet: The monk was reportedly from a temple in Cambodia's Oddar Meanchey province, where The monk and others follow a strict doctrine in which he and others avoid all contact with women.
article_snippet: Monks swear a vow of celibacy in order to learn more about Monks and come closer to enlightenment.
highlights_snippet: Image shared on social media showing monk apparently breaking vow .
  
highlights_snippet: Worshipper involved has come forward - and insists monk did no harm .
  