BREAKING! Rabbi Kolko Abuse: New Victim Comes Forward; Is Within Statute of Limitations
4:05 PM CST – I'm told another victim of serial child abuser Rabbi Yehuda Kolko has just come forward. This victim was abused recently, and his case falls within the statute of limitations. This boy was abused because haredi rabbinic leaders covered for Rabbi Kolko for almost 40 years, allowing him to abuse over and over again. May God "bless" each and every one of those rabbis with what they truly deserve.
UPDATE: UOJ has the court filing posted here.
Great news! I hope they bankrupt the yeshiva to send a message that they don't control the agenda and they should obey the law and protect their charges or they'll face charges.
I'm hoping the administration will be held accountable as well.
Posted by: BTA | January 04, 2007 at 04:39 PM
Book 'em
Posted by: Ari | January 04, 2007 at 05:44 PM
shmarya,
please check out rabbi mark dratch's latest article in the jewish week.
Posted by: yisroel | January 04, 2007 at 05:48 PM
JOHN DOE NO. 5,
by and through his natural parents and guardians, and by his MOTHER and FATHER individually,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
Yeshiva & Mesivta Torah Temimah, Inc.
Defendant
Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Kings
Index No. 268/2007
Posted by: anon | January 04, 2007 at 05:55 PM
Nah! What are you crazy?! These parents are just after money. So much so that they are risking their children's future for a bissele gelt. Why would HaRav Hagoan Lipa Margulies allow a child mole**er in his yeshiva? It's completely k'neged halacha! And besides, even if the claims are true, there was no actual penetration (or, so it seems) so l'halacha it's considered nothing - You're just an anti-semite. Shame on you. I'm gonna go to yeshivaworld.com
Posted by: gross | January 04, 2007 at 09:47 PM
Why would HaRav Hagoan Lipa Margulies allow a child mole**er in his yeshiva?
I know, because a certain "gadol" said that it is מותר to rub one's erect penis against a child as long as there is no penetration.
Posted by: Nigritude Ultramarine | January 04, 2007 at 10:32 PM
so l'halacha it's considered nothing
Riiiiight, it's totally normal to rub one's erect penis against a child. Do me a favor a stay out of my neighborhood.
/ Every heard of מנובל ברשות התורה ?
Posted by: Nigritude Ultramarine | January 04, 2007 at 10:38 PM
Isn't the site Website THEyeshivaworld.com
Posted by: Anon | January 05, 2007 at 01:28 AM
"You're just an anti-semite. Shame on you."
Let me understand. If you are against Jewish children being molested (even sans penetration, it's still molestation), you're just an anti-Semite. Is protecting perverts philo-Semitism? Is molesting Jewish children philo-Semitic? Or are the rabbis infallible gods?
Posted by: Yochanan Lavie | January 05, 2007 at 06:18 AM
Yochanan -
Maybe they are phallic gods.
Posted by: YidChat | January 05, 2007 at 09:14 AM
YidChat: LOL!
Posted by: Yochanan Lavie | January 05, 2007 at 09:22 AM
Wow. My comment was completely sarcastic. I have posted many times on the subject. Kollko, Margulies and all their communal and rabbinical cohorts should drop dead and go to hell. B'karov mamish!
Posted by: gross | January 05, 2007 at 03:12 PM
Gross: Don't feel bad, I've had the same problem. When you're so freaked out by something, it's sometimes hard for people to recognize what's sarcastic and what is the genuinely stupid replies from people posting in favor of the Rabbinate.
Posted by: Ahavah bat Sarah | January 06, 2007 at 07:23 PM
Gross: Sorry, that wasn't very Swift of me (as in Jonathan Swift). But as Ahavah points out, your sarcastic post sounded exactly like what apologists have in fact written here, in earnest.
Posted by: Yochanan Lavie | January 07, 2007 at 09:07 AM
To those that permit child molestors to operate.
Someone touched my daughter once-I had to do my 'crazy routine' to put FEAR into the hearts of those who think this crap is OK.
But If I was the parent of a kid that that was molested by Kolko I would get an anti-semite Jewish lawyer (you know what I mean) to go after all the school officials, a lawyer that would have eyes that glow blue with the idea that here was a chance to go after religious crazies, a lawyer that would have ZEAL to do these bastards no matter what. That would bankrupt the school so bad that they would even have to sell the name.
Posted by: Isa | January 07, 2007 at 04:03 PM
That would bankrupt the school so bad that they would even have to sell the name.
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I like your thinking. A little food for thought: would you pay for the name Yeshiva Torah Temimah?
Posted by: anon | January 07, 2007 at 07:22 PM