An Israeli rabbi who fled to the United States amid sexual abuse allegations reportedly will return to Israel.
Army Radio reported Monday that the 70-year-old rabbi, who was not
named but was identified as being from a "very well known hasidic
movement," agreed to return to Israel in the coming days and face his
accusers. Attorney Jacob Weinroth traveled to the U.S. to persuade the
rabbi, according to the station.
Army Radio received several testimonies of abuse by unidentified individuals described as the rabbi’s followers.
The report said the affair exploded after one of the rabbi’s
followers said he saw the rabbi naked with a woman during what was
supposed to be “a purification session.” Police learned of the affair
after other followers threatened the man to keep quiet about what he
said he witnessed.
One man told Army Radio that his 15-year-old daughter told him the
rabbi grabbed her breasts from behind as he kissed her. The girl’s
older sister said the rabbi committed similar acts on her three years
earlier, when she was 17.
Hanoch Daum, a journalist and writer, said he filed a criminal
complaint against the rabbi based on a third testimony of abuse that he
heard from an alleged victim.
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/03/11/3121761/army-radio-rabbi-flees-to-us-following-allegations-of-sexual-abuse#When:19:02:00Z
Monday 11 March 2013
Rabbi who fled sex abuse allegations reportedly will return to Israel
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