Haredi Rabbis Allegedly Hid Evidence Of Child Rapes, Granted Haredi Rapist Access To His Children

The State of Israel’s official Jerusalem rabbinic court, which is haredi-controlled, reportedly concealed evidence that a haredi elementary school teacher had raped boys.

Originally published at 9:10 pm CDT 8-12-2012

Haredi Rabbis Allegedly Hid Evidence Of Child Rapes, Granted Haredi Rapist Access To His Children
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com

The State of Israel’s official Jerusalem rabbinic court, which is haredi-controlled, reportedly concealed evidence that a haredi elementary school teacher had raped boys.

Police allegedly found out about the rapes 18 months after the rabbinic court was told about them. The teacher, Gil Goren, who is 45-years-old, was indicted last month.

Goren both lived and taught in a small northern West Bank settlement. In 2010, a soldier living there claimed that Goren had raped him several years before, but he at first refused to report the rape to police.

Instead of calling police, settlement leaders allegedly “investigated” the soldier’s claims themselves. Goren moved to the city of Petah Tikva after the conclusion of that investigation.

Several months ago, the soldier decided to report the rape to police and made an official complaint. Police were able to find another teen who also claims that Goren raped him, and Goren was indicted.

But in 2010, Goren's wife petitioned the state’s Jerusalem rabbinic court for a divorce.

While the minutes of the divorce case were ruled confidential by a judicial order, “two people who saw the material confirmed” that “the [rabbinic] court knew [that] Goren’s wife [had] asked for a divorce due to his alleged sexual offenses [against children],” Ha’aretz reported this evening.

Rabbinic judges Rabbis Avraham Sheinfeld, Eliyahu Abarjil and Mordechai Toledano reportedly ordered that Goren go through “psychological testing.” He was also ordered by them to see a probation officer who could evaluate whether it was safe to allow Goren’s own children to visit him.

But the rabbis failed to notify police of Goren’s alleged rapes and they took no known steps to protect other children from him other than ordering Goren to be evaluated by a therapist.

Further, a spokesman for the rabbinic courts administration admitted to Ha’aretz  that the divorce, which became final in January 2012, gave Goren unsupervised visitation with his children, because when Goren's wife was asked by the rabbis if she believed that Goren was a danger to their children, she said she thought that he wasn’t.

Israeli law reportedly mandates that anyone who knows of a crime committed against a minor or anyone legally considered to be a vulnerable adult must report that crime to police or to a social worker.

Comments

[A. Nuran]

The banality of evil. Like Eichmann they consider it their duty to destroy Jewish lives.

[R. Wisler]

Whew! Luckily this happened in a foreign country. Thank goodness that our rabbinical authorities here in the land of the free would NEVER cover up pedophilia of this sort!

[Joel]

Any word on today's Failedmessiah secret event? How many people finally showed up. Any pictures?

[Hal]

yuck

[Office of the Chief Rabbi]

It wasn't a secret event. It was under the blanket of security, to keep it trollenrein.

[think for a change]

Shmarya in you rendition of the Haaretz news piece you managed to screw it up. While in the the original Haaretz piece the transition to the accusing part is made clear, in you regurgitation and tampering with the words you managed to obfuscate the main point. Maybe try "But already in 2010 the rabbi's..."

[ruthie]

...and they have a problem if my sleeves are above my elbow?

[Shmarya]

Posted by: think for a change | August 12, 2012 at 09:47 PM

I think you need to read it again.

[dh]

What is that photo? Rikers?

[Bob Guthrie]

Posted by: think for a change
Shmarya in you rendition of the Haaretz news piece you managed to screw it up."

ReRead the article, bubbeh.

Comprehension, not for breakfast anymore. =)

[Riverdaleapikorus]

The Failed Messiah asifa was a rousing success. Trolls were kept out by our Chinese enforcer at the door. Many important topics were covered but we missed Yochanan and his songs. Shmarya- I will be sending the bill to you under separate cover. Pictures may have been taken but one woman was present and her face needs blotting out before release to the public. Let's do this again!

[Bas Melech]

ruthie--
Why should your sleeve length be a problem to men attracted to little boys? These perverts would not know what to do with an encounter with a real woman.

[Alter Kocker]

The solution for this is to enshrine in law the obligation to report to the police. Those who fail in doing so would be subject to fines, criminal records and imprisonment. Rabbis doing the perp walk should clear up this problem PDQ.

[Chicago Sam]

Israel should ship the Haredim to Iran--the Mullahs would receive them with open arms.

[ah-pee-chorus]

it was great seeing everybody at the FM asifa. my favorite part was the moving video tribute to rav elyashiv. and who would have expected kolko to show up?
i'm also proud to say that not a single child was molested at the event. thanks to YL for getting the ball rolling and arranging the stadium venue. we were all sorry he couldnt be there. instead we settled for a live performance by john lennon.
and the biggest thanks to shmarya for making it all possible. when we benched mezuman we said "beershus moreinu v'rabbeinu harav hagaon hagadol shmarya ben moshiach tzidkeinu". AND WE MEANT IT.

[ah-pee-chorus]

i forgot to add that all those arrested for going overboard at the asifa were released within 6 hours and are back safe and sound in their respective mothers basements.

[ah-pee-chorus]

it was nice of YL to schedule it so that our 2 olympians were able to join us after the flight from london.

[No Light]

I'm glad the asifa was a success! Sadly, the custom 360¤ mechitza I had ordered, to keep my filthy female body away from the pure and untainted FM men, did not arrive in time.

Also, as it was essentially a 7 foot, opaque hamster ball, it was fairly difficult to move, breathe, and communicate.

Perhaps I can perfect the design before the next stadium event. I hear that Knot Kosher did a great job of the catering, and at only $150 per head. Wow!

[ah-pee-chorus]

No Light -

Also, as it was essentially a 7 foot, opaque hamster ball, it was fairly difficult to move, breathe, and communicate

i understand the breathing and moving as it relates to women , but when we frum men around, why would any female need to communicate? i thought that was just a masculine term.

[No Light]

Well, the only thing I really needed to communicate was "Help! I can't breathe in here!" or "Does my arse look big in this burqa?".

Womanly trivialities, I know. Oh, and I needed to scream "OYY NEBECH NEBECH!!!" whenever someone mentioned the evil goyishe authorities who practice overt anti-Semitism by arresting people like Prophet Rubashkin, R' Weberman, and the beloved Kolko.

[WoolSilkCotton, rock star and sports superstar]

You folks are awesome.

Kolko was in the neighborhood because a nearby clothing store had a sign "Boys Pants- Half Off".

[ah-pee-chorus]

No Light and WoolSilkCotton, rock star and sports superstar -

HA!!

[ruthie]

osted by: Bas Melech | August 13, 2012 at 08:30 AM

i was trying to say here they do all this shit and they complain about sleeve length!!!