"The four adult survivors in this research disclosed experiences of sexual and physical abuse as novice monks. They also attested that sexual and physical abuse was a normal part of their monastic life experience. All four of them, as well as two of the three monastic leaders interviewed in this study, suggested that children should not be ordained because it has become an unsafe and unsuccessful path for children. One senior monk proposed that while children can be given an opportunity to explore monastic life on a temporary basis, under parental supervision,ordination should be a choice made by an adult. While the child protection officers did not propose any new regulations focused solely on monasteries, they thought that the existing safeguarding laws and regulations should be implemented without differential treatments towards monasteries based on cultural deference.