Complex sentence: Ajahn Sumedho was granted the authority to give ordination to monks, which resulted in one of very few Theravadin "convents", since women are virtually unable to ordain in the Theravada tradition, due to the loss of the monastic lineage many centuries ago.
Split into simpler sentences: Ajahn Sumedho was granted the authority to give ordination to monks. This has resulted in one of very few Theravadin "convents", since women are virtually unable to ordain in the Theravada tradition, due to the loss of the monastic lineage many centuries ago.