What is mystic monks Scandal?

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Task: What is mystic monks Scandal?

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The “Mystic Monks Affair” is a term used to describe a financial controversy concerning the Wyoming Carmelite Monks, a Roman Catholic monastic order. To earn money for the building of a new monastery, the monks started selling coffee under the moniker “Mystic Monk Coffee” in 2006. Yet the monks were accused of abusing the proceeds from the coffee sales, including spending the money on expensive repairs to their present site instead of constructing a new monastery and using the money for personal purposes. In addition, the monks came under fire for deceptive representations about the monastic life and aggressive marketing strategies used to sell coffee. The issue prompted an inquiry by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne, which discovered that the monks had in fact misappropriated funds. As a result, Father Daniel Mary, the monks’ immediate superior, resigned.