An American Jew was extradited to Australia and charged with multiple counts of indecent assault and indecent acts with a minor at an Orthodox Jewish school.
David Kramer was surrendered by U.S. authorities on Nov. 29 and
extradited to Melbourne, where he is accused of sexually abusing
children at Yeshivah College between 1989 and 1992 when he was a teacher
at the Chabad-run boys’ school.
The 52-year-old was remanded in custody and is
scheduled to appear in court on Monday to face the charges of 10 counts
of indecent assault on minors and two counts of indecent acts with a
child under 16, a Victoria Police statement said.
Manny Waks, a spokesperson for the alleged Jewish
victims of child abuse in Australia, said: “I’m delighted that David
Kramer has been extradited to Australia to face justice. Not I nor any
of his victims that I’ve been in contact with ever really expected this
day to arrive. It’s an important day for the victims and for the entire
Jewish community.”
The chairman of the College Board at the time, Harry
Cooper, confirmed to The Australian newspaper last year that the
Yeshivah Center, which houses the Chabad headquarters in Melbourne,
shipped Kramer off to Israel without reporting him to police soon after
allegations against him emerged.
Kramer later went to America, where he was convicted
and sentenced in 2008 to seven years in jail for sodomizing a
12-year-old boy in a synagogue in St Louis.
Earlier this year the Yeshivah Center “unreservedly”
apologized to the victims for any “historical wrongs” and last week the
president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry met its leaders
and received a “comprehensive briefing” about the college’s policies,
processes and programs to prevent abuse and ensure allegations are
reported to authorities.
http://forward.com/articles/167077/jewish-teacher-sent-to-face-aussie-sex-charges/
Sunday 2 December 2012
Jewish Teacher Sent to Face Aussie Sex Charges
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