Brooklyn Rabbi And Sons Accused Of Sexually Molesting Relatives, Underage Girls

A Brooklyn rabbi and three of his sons are suspected of despicable crimes — sexually abusing four female relatives, police said Friday. Rabbi Gershon Kranczer fled to Israel with one of those sons. Two others are in police custody.

Brooklyn Rabbi Gershon Kranczer and sons accused of sexually abusing relatives, young girls: police

By Jonathan Lemire • New York Daily News

A Brooklyn rabbi and three of his sons are suspected of despicable crimes — sexually abusing four female relatives, police said Friday.

Detectives believe Rabbi Gershon Kranczer, 58, sexually abused two underage relatives, while three of his sons — aged 24, 21, and 15 — routinely abused other young girls, police said.

Investigators said Kranczer and his 21-year-old son Asher — who is legally blind — fled to Israel Monday night and remain at large.

The rabbi's 24-year-old son, Yechezkel Kranczer, turned himself in to the NYPD Thursday, while the 15-year-old — whose name is being withheld — surrendered to police the day before.

The horrifying abuse came to light when the eldest victim, a 20-year-old woman, told a co-worker at a Brooklyn yeshiva that she was sexually assaulted by the rabbi.

That co-worker went to police, who soon learned that the three of the victims' female relatives — aged 19, 17 and 8 — were also abused in the rabbi's Brooklyn home.

The eldest victim said she was frequently molested by the rabbi — the former head of Yeshiva Tehila L'Dovid — for the last 15 years, police said.

Investigators raided the rabbi's home where he and his wife — who are first cousins, according to police sources — raised their 14 children.

The children range in age from 10 to 28, and those under the age of 18 were removed and placed into the care of the Administration for Children's Services, police said.

Investigators do not believe Kranczer's wife was involved in the pattern of abuse, police sources said. Her husband unexpectedly resigned from the yeshiva three months ago, sources said.

Detectives are not certain if other female were also abused.

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said police were coordinating with Israeli authorities to track down the fugitive father and son.

Yechezkel Kranczer was arrested on a variety of charges, including multiple counts of sexually abusing relatives - ages 17 and 20, police said.

The 15-year-old teen was charged with sexually abusing an 8-year-old relative, police said.

Additional charges are pending, police said.

Comments

[danny]

Scumbag had 14 children. Oy gevalt!

[Robert Wisler]

The joys of inbreeding.

[effie]

I can't remember the name of the rabbi but he married his niece. Is that allowed?

[Nigritude Ultramarine]

The joys of inbreeding.

Criminy, even a place like Kentucky prohibits marriage between first cousins.

Anyway, I wonder how long we will have to wait to learn that the word "cousin" in this case is really a codeword for "sister."

Meanwhile, the parade of rabbinic perverts grows and yet, amongst the "gedolim" and other supposed "scholars" who are so willing and eager to revoke conversions, not a single rabbinic pervert has been excommunicated.

It makes one wonder what sort of dirt the allies of the perverts have on the "gedolim."

[Menachem Mendel lll]

Rabbi Gershon Kranczer and sons prefer to keep it in the family.

Moshiach Uber Alles!

[ah-pee-chorus]

why did the article have to mention all of these irrelevant facts about some purported family issues. the only thing that we need to know in order to judge the rabbi is whether the family was makpid on cholov yisroel. if yes he must be a tsaddik and a mentsch and i call for an immediate press conference accusing everyone including his daughters of being anti-semites while we begin a fund for his defense.

[A. Nuran]

"Fled to Israel" where they'll live carefree, supported by "The Community". All four of those monsters should be in prison. In the General Population. Publicly Identified as baby-rapers. Anyone who shelters them deserves the same.

[YbM]

no doubt the rosh yeshiva otherwise observed "qala kevachamura".
tha's probably why chasidim wear a gartel belt. to stop thinking of their loins. once they finish praying, those of them who can't control themselves go back to prey.

[Menachem Mendel lll]

-ah-pee-chorus
-A. Nuran

Unfortunately, I agree your posts.

[jerry]

these people definitely havethe wrong religion, they must immediately convert to Islam and follow the path of Prophet Mohamed the pedophile

[Frank Messmann]

Israel will not have to extradite the rabbi, since it has no extradition agreements with any country. I wonder why.

[Shmarya]

Israel will not have to extradite the rabbi, since it has no extradition agreements with any country. I wonder why.

False.

Israel does have an extradition agreement with the US.

That doesn't mean Israel will follow it, however.