Bodenheimer was originally charged with three felony counts of a first-degree criminal sexual act and one count of first-degree sex abuse for alleged oral and anal sex with a 5-year-old child and could have served 25 years in prison.
Above: Rabbi Gavriel Bodenheimer
Rabbi Gavriel Bodenheimer Gets 3 Years Of Sex Offender Probation
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
Rabbi Gavriel Bodenheimer was sentenced yesterday morning to three years of “sex offender probation,” a source close to the case told FailedMessiah.com.
He pleaded guilty in July to to endangering the welfare of a child – a misdemeanor.
Bodenheimer was originally charged with three felony counts of a first-degree criminal sexual act and one count of first-degree sex abuse for alleged oral and anal sex with a 5-year-old child and could have served 25 years in prison.
But the generous plea deal guaranteed Bodenheimer, a respected local yeshiva head, would not serve even a day in prison.
The victim's family supported the deal because it saved their now 12-year-old son from having to testify in open court, prosecutors said.
Bodenheimer’s unusual sentence calls for him to be forbidden entrance to any school where children under the age of 18 are present, the source said. He also may not leave Rockland County without the express permission of his Sex Offender Probation officer.
Bodenheimer was also given 5-year no contact order with his victim.
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