41.   Greek Orthodox monks are still there, and so are the missing leaves from the codex, now identified as Codex Sinaiticus.

42.   He insisted, however, that it was not proper for individual monks to be buying and selling stocks.

43.   He also said many Korean Buddhist monks are not well educated and if they leave their temples they are ill equipped to support themselves in the outside world.

44.   He said the young monk would be welcome to return.

45.   In addition, monks have been involved in violent assaults and sex scandals in recent months, further diminishing respect for their robes.

46.   In this case, however, the monks were part of the state-sanctioned Vietnam Buddhist Church.

47.   It was alleged the monk was the first to resort to violence, kicking the beggar in the eye.

48.   Korean Buddhist monks are usually a meditative lot, sitting cross-legged for hours daily in a grueling spiritual quest.

49.   Not all monks were pleased at extending a hand to the outside world.

50.   Now that a monk has been condemned in what he felt was a rushed and unfair hearing, he said, the status of all monks has been reduced.