Rabbi Baruch Lebovits Abused Me, Claims Hasid Charged With Multiple Counts Of Child Sex Abuse

A haredi man charged with molesting a boy at a Brooklyn synagogue dropped a bombshell on cops: He claimed he was abused years ago by a rabbi just sent to prison for preying on youngsters.

Rabbi Baruch Lebovits abused me too, claims orthodox Jewish man charged with molesting boy
SCOTT SHIFREL • NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

An orthodox Jewish man charged with molesting a boy at a Brooklyn synagogue dropped a bombshell on cops: He claimed he was abused years ago by a rabbi just sent to prison for preying on youngsters.

Meir Dascalowitz made the allegation in a confession while he was questioned about his 2009 encounters with a 12-year-old in a ritual bath in Williamsburg, a source told the Daily News.

Dascalowitz alleged that he had been molested by Rabbi Baruch Lebovits - who was recently convicted of abusing a 16-year-old boy and has been charged in two other sex cases. "He said he was molested by Lebovits and made an outcry, but nothing ever happened," a source said.

Dascalowitz, 28, an unemployed married clerk with a wife and child, was arrested Tuesday after he left his therapist's home.

Prosecutors allege he molested the 12-year-old once a month between January and June 2009, according to court papers. Almost a year later, the boy told his father, who went to authorities, prosecutor Wilfredo Cotto told a judge.

Dascalowitz declined to comment as he left the courthouse after being freed on $150,000 bail.

"He denies the allegations," said his lawyer Israel Fried.

Lebovits' lawyer also declined to comment.

The rabbi was sentenced last month to 10 to 23 years behind bars for abusing a teenage friend of his son. He has vowed to appeal.

Dascalowitz Arrest.

Comments

[mark mayer appel]

hope the community now understands the reason the lebowits case was a serious issue

[Forty Eighter]

I beleive that Lebowitz's sentence was actually 10-2/3 to 32 years.

[Yerachmiel Lopin]

Yes, Forty Eighter. It was a 10 2/3 to 32 year sentence.

[harold]

I assume this means that it was ok to abuse the children. Somehow I think that he made this up to get some form of sympathy. I hope no one buys into this unsubstantiated declaration.

[Michelle L]

I'm sorry that Descalowitz was abused, but it's by no means a "defense" for him becoming an abuser.

It's even more tragic that he inflicted such pain on a child when he knows firsthand what kind of effect it had on him.

This should just be further proof that there needs to be an excellent reporting and support system for victims of abuse, if not for the victims themselves, then for future victims. There will be future victims if the cycle of abuse isn't stopped.

[who knows]

Unemployed 28 year old married man with a child is released on $150,000 bail. Where the unemployed guy got 150 grand?

[Shlomo]

Harold you are underestimating the damage this abuse does to children , some people suicide others lose belief in a G-d many cannot have normal adult relations and others go on to perpetuate the abuse upon others.
This may occur many years later but it often happens and unfortunately many in the orthodox community want to sweep it under the carpet as in can't you just get on with your life etc, but this destroys lives and needs to be faced

[Adam Neira]

All people who abuse children have been abused themselves. However many people who have been abused themselves do not go on to become perpetrators. There is a gift from G-d call free will. All behaviour is a result of mindset and setting. As the Messianic Era unfolds over time various settings and mindsets will change and abuse will become a thing of the past. The universe is stable, ordered, benevolent and expansive.

[Bill]

"all people who abuse childen were abused themselves" - Neira

Neira,

Then who abused the very first child abuser?