The boy’s parents “witnessed the entire gruesome and torturous event” and rushed their son to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Children's Hospital for emergency reconstructive surgery. The child also had to have leech therapy.
Rabbi Mordechai Rosenberg
Haredi Mohel Botches Bris, Causes “Life-Changing Injury” To Child
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
An experienced Pittsburgh rabbi-mohel, 54-year-old Rabbi Mordechai Rosenberg, allegedly botched a bris, causing a “life-changing injury” to the infant.
The bris (ritual circumcision) reportedly took place on April 28, 2013.
Rosenberg allegedly acted “with a total disregard” for the child’s safety and health and “caused a catastrophic and life-changing injury.”
The boy’s parents “witnessed the entire gruesome and torturous event” and rushed their son to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Children's Hospital for emergency reconstructive surgery. The child also had to have leech therapy.
The allegations are made in a lawsuit reportedly filed this week which does not specify the exact injuries the child suffered or name him or his parents, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported.
Rosenberg’s website claims he was “certified by the late Rabbi Yosef Dovid Weisberg, the Commissioner of Mohelim in Israel and Chief Mohel of Jerusalem” and “apprenticed under the late Rabbi Benjamin Nadoff of Pittsburgh.”
Rosenberg, who has been a mohel since 1990, “is recognized as a Certified Mohel by the American Board of Ritual Circumcision,” Rosenberg’s website says.
Mohels are reportedly not certified by any local or Pennsylvania state government agency.
A Philadelphia-area mohel, Mark Kushner, told the paper that most of the community boards that certified mohels shut down because due to lawsuits. Kushner reportedly said he was not sure how or if new mohels are certified now.
“I'm guessing it's a free-for-all, but I don't know,” Kushner said.
Rosenberg is a Chabad hasid.
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[Hat Tip: The Fez.]