[Buddha-l] Gremium, Ordination and Vinaya

[schnipp schnupp]

Sorry for the confusion, I was so sure "gremium" is used in English ... What I meaned was panel or board. So the question is: Who do you turn to when violations of Vinaya rules occur in the US? Do you have kind of a Vinaya board to discuss them - which means deal with them according to the Vinaya? That, along with other tasks like making the Vinaya known, should be the aim of such a board. 
 
For example, sex with penetration (by Vinaya ordained monks or nuns) means a lifelong exclusion from the sangha. So it is s.th. important that should be brought to attention. 
 
Another problem then is that the ordained don't like transparency too much. I would hope that they make their "decisions" according to the Vinaya visible in cases where the laity is interested (i.e. needs to be protected from harming teachers).
 
Guido