Acting as his own attorney, Goodman wrote and filed a motion in federal
court arguing that the federal case against him should be dismissed
because the purpose of that Valentine’s Day 2010 trip to New Jersey was
to get married – to the then 15-year-old boy.
Andrew Goodman
Orthodox Pedophile: I Married My Child Victim, So There Was No Sexual Abuse
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
Andrew Goodman got a sweetheart sentence from a Brooklyn judge last summer after getting a sweetheart plea deal from Brooklyn's District Attorney Charles J. Hynes for sexually abusing a boy over a series of years beginning when the boy was 12-years old.
Goodman was sentenced to only two years in prison, even though he turned to the boy in open court and said, “I love you." With time served, he was due to be released in just a few months, shocking observers and the victim alike.
"Every second of every day, all that I think about is [the boy’s name],”
Goodman said in state court. Then, turning to look directly at his victim, Goodman said,
“I love you.”
Despite this complete lack of remorse and Goodman’s clear belief that he
did nothing wrong, Justice Martin Murphy held to Goodman’s sweetheart
plea deal and sentenced him to only two years in prison.
In response, federal prosecutors charged Goodman with taking the boy across state lines to Atlantic City and sodomizing him there. If convicted, Goodman could be sentenced to life in prison.
Acting as his own attorney, Goodman wrote and filed a motion in federal court arguing that the federal case against him should be dismissed because the purpose of that Valentine’s Day 2010 trip to New Jersey was to get married – to the then 15-year-old boy, the New york Daily News reported.
“The union resulted in a honeymoon, feasting, celebratory concert attendance. A valid Jewish Wedding and Marriage occurred,” Goodman – who grew up haredi and who once worked with the haredi social services agency OHEL – reportedly wrote.
Goodman further argues that under Orthodox Jewish law, marriage is allowable from the age 13 and, he claimed, does not require parental consent.
In state court last year, Goodman’s victim called Goodman “the devil disguised as a human” and “the worst thing that ever happened to me” and pleaded with the judge to recind the plea deal and send Goodman to prison for a much longer sentence. The judge refused.
Goodman – who also molested the victim’s younger brother – reportedly failed to tell the court that homosexual relations and homosexual unions are both forbidden under Orthodox Jewish law.
He also reportedly failed to tell the court about his state conviction.