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Preliminary Royal Commission Findings Savage Chabad Child Sex Abuse, Coverups, Shunning And Harassment Of Victims, Rabbis' Lies

"…As late as July 2014, Rabbi Yosef Feldman did not accept there was a halachic obligation for any allegation of child sexual abuse, whenever committed, to be reported to the authorities.… The views articulated by Rabbi Yosef Feldman in his supplementary statement to the Royal Commission dated 6 February 2015 are not a true representation of his views on the issue of child sexual abuse but an attempt to rehabilitate his public reputation.…"

Convicted Child Molester Sues Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz For Defamation

Jason "Yona" Weinberg is suing Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz after Horowitz told Weinberg's Jerusalem neighbors about Weinberg's conviction in the US for molestation, and an Israeli court is allowing the suit to go forward.

Another Alleged Victim Files Lawsuit Against Haredi School

A second female has filed suit against the Adass Israel haredi girl’s school in Melbourne, Australia over Malka Leifer's alleged sexual abuse.

Adass School In Melbourne Ordered To Pay Abuse Victim Just Over $1 Million In Damages

Malka Leifer allegedly sexually abused and raped a string of young teen girls when she was the principal at the Adass haredi girls school in Melboune, Australia. One of those girls sued and has, a Melbourne source told FailedMessiah.com, just been awarded more than $1 million in damages by the court.

Disgraced Doctor Who Allegedly Sexually Abused Female Patient Allowed To Buy Major Torah Honor At Chabad In Melbourne

"…What sort of behavior is sufficiently inappropriate to disqualify a person from getting or buying maftir or some other synagogue honor at [Chabad’s] Yeshivah Centre? Is there some financial threshold barring these honors that $200 that overcomes?…"

Rabbi Accused Of Child Molestation Allowed To Remove Tracking Device For Rosh Hashana

A Miami judge has allowed Sefardi Orthodox Rabbi Steve Karro to remove a court-ordered GPS tracking device he has been ordered to wear as part of his bail package. Karro's attorney argued it was necessary to remove the electronic device for Rosh Hashana. Karro alleged molested an 11-year-old girl and then tried to bribe the girl's mother.

Mikvah Peeping Tom Rabbi Barry Freundel Issues Public Apology To Victims – And Especially To Other Rabbis

“I am aware that my actions have had very negative repercussions not only in the D.C. area, but throughout the Jewish world,” Freundel continued. “In particular, I would ask for forgiveness from other rabbanim [rabbis] and Orthodox scholars, who may have had to fight harder than normal to uphold halakhic [Jewish legal] standards of observance in the face of criticism.”

Large Number Of Chabad Hasidim Sign Petition Backing Rabbi Who Harassed, Threatened Child Sex Abuse Victims

"…We stand behind Rabbi Telsner in solidarity of both him as an individual as well as the position of Rabbi as a representative of the wider community. The Koach HaTorah and Halachic principles must be upheld despite there being impediments and hardships. We further insist that the Yeshivah Centre - true to its title of being “Under the auspices of the Lubavitcher Rebbe” - follow the directives, principles and spirit of the Rebbe’s explicit and inferred opinions in its running and operation. This point is not negotiable.…"

Chabad Rabbis Panel, Yeshivah's Interim Committee Of Management, Speak Out On Resignation Of Top Chabad Rabbi Over Mistreatment Of Sex Abuse Victims

"Members of the Rabbinical Advisory Panel have conducted lengthy investigations over the past few days regarding Rabbi Telsner's stepping down. In addition to a number of discussions with Rabbi Telsner himself, the Rabbinical Advisory Panel has also corroborated with others who were considered to have pertinent perspectives.…"

Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg Sues Satmar Bleach Attacker

The Satmar hasid who threw bleach in the eye of anti-child-sex-abuse activist Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg in December 2012, only hours after Satmar bigwig Nechemia Weberman was convicted on child sex abuse charges, got a no-jail plea deal last year because, Brooklyn prosecutors working for DA Kenneth Thompson claimed, the damage he did to Rosenberg’s eye was not permanent – a contention that was not backed up by any actual medical evidence. Prosecutors hinted Rosenberg was exaggerating his injuries and said the no-plea deal was in line with other similar cases. But it wasn't. And now Rosenberg is suing.

Allegedly Homophobic Therapist To Speak To Melbourne Orthodox Jews, Despite Ethics Questions And Ban By Anti-Abuse Activists

Dr. Norman Goldwasser will be speaking in Melbourne after all, despite strong questions about his ethics, his apparent homophobia and his dis-invitation by the anti-child-sex-abuse advocacy group Tzedek.

Chabad's Top Rabbi Was Allegedly Forced To Resign By New Lay Leaders After Attacking Abuse Victims

The spiritual head of Melbourne’s [Chabad] Yeshivah centre faced intense pressure from [lay] leaders of the ultra-orthodox [sic; should read: Chabad] Jewish community to quit to avoid embarrassment at a sex abuse royal commission hearing scheduled for later this month.

Haredi City Councilman Endorses Judge Who Allowed Child Sex Abuse Victims To Be Harassed

Judge Michael Gerstein is arguably a bad man. And that is likely why haredi New York City Councilman David Greenfield endorsed him this week and called him "our community's judge."

Chabad's Top Melbourne Rabbi Resigns

After years of harassing victims of child sex abuse and similar things, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Telsner has resigned.

Chabad's Top Melbourne Rabbi Allegedly Attacks Abuse Victims, Defends Chabad Rabbis Who Harass Them, Accuses Activists Of "Mesira"

After repeated incidents like this, why is Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Telsner still employed by Chabad?

JCC Camp Counselor Faces Federal Child Porn Charges After JCC Ignored Warning Of Inappropriate Behavior With Children

Supervisors at the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit’s day camp did not tell the JCC’s senior management that one of the counselors might be involved in child sex abuse and now that employee is facing federal child porn charges and may soon face child sex abuse charges, as well.

Mikvah Voyeur Rabbi Barry Freundel Released From “Solitary Confinement,” Victim's Husband Says

According to Jeffery Shulevitz, the husband of Emma Shulevitz, who is one of Rabbi Barry Freundel's victims, Freundel has been released from segregation (solitary confinement) in the DC Jail and was given a prison job – teaching GED classes to inmates.

Haredi News Blogs Fail To Report Haredi Rabbis' Letter On Reporting Child Sex Abuse

Do top haredi rabbis and their mouthpieces really care about stopping child sex abuse?

More Than 100 Haredi Rabbis Say Report Suspected Child Sex Abuse To Police, But Top Haredi Rabbis Won't Sign On

A group of haredi rabbis in the US, none of them (except one) top tier, none of them representatives of any haredi umbrella organizations, have issued a kol koreh (Torah proclamation) telling everyone with a reasonable suspicion of child sex abuse to report that alleged abuse to police.

Husband Of Victim Of Rabbi Barry Freundel Asks For Freundel's Release From "Solitary Confinement"

"…Freundel has been in solitary confinement for the past 3 months and  has our sympathy. We also have sympathy towards the others who are held in solitary confinement. My wife and I are not jumping for joy, nor do we believe that the he is receiving a “a taste of his own medicine.”  We must show compassion and widen that circle of compassion. Currently we have united with other Animal Rights activist organizations in our struggle to end solitary confinement in prison systems - for Freundel- and others. We are advocating that Freundel be moved to a facility that will enable him to repent for his crimes without losing his mind. We are hoping that iafter the remaining 6 years and 3 months Freundel leaves jail as a new man- a man who has repented for his crimes- without having lost his mind.…"

Synagogue President Who Refused To Force Out Sauna Rabbi Has Alleged History Of Inappropriate Behavior With Teen Boys

Dr. Donald Liss, the Chairman of the Board of the Riverdale Jewish Center, overruled the synagogue's board which had demanded that Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt resign over his decades-long habit of inviting boys as young as 12 and college-age men to a gym where Rosenblatt would ogle their naked bodies in the shower and then in long nude sauna sessions. Now it is alleged that Liss exhibited behavior that is equally inappropriate, if not even more so.

Tzedek Cancels Orthodox Psychologist's Talk After Apparent Homophobia Exposed

"…More recently, we have become aware of other matters and controversies relating to Dr Goldwasser. Amongst other things, we have taken on board concerns raised by the LGBTI community. As a result we have reviewed the matter and decided that it is no longer appropriate for Dr Goldwasser to speak at the forum.…"

Chabad Kosher, Melbourne Style

What was Chabad's standard of kosher when Rabbi Yitzchok Dovod Groner was still alive? Groner clearly covered up child sex abuse, helped abusers flee justice and enabled known pedophiles, giving them open access to the children put in Groner's care. But was Groner and his personally appointed kashrut team any better about enforcing kosher regulations? Apparently not.

Secret Recording Shows Accused Rapist Rabbi’s Wife Allowed Him To Have Sex With Other Women As Kabbalistic Cure

The wife of accused rapist kabbalist Rabbi Ezra Sheinberg admitted her husband told her of two cases in which he had sex with other women. But Sheinberg’s wife did not complain about it or divorce him because she believed Sheinberg when he told her having sex with these women was part of the blessing needed to cure them.

Disgraced Rabbi Now Teaching For Chabad School Run By His Father And Aunt

A disgraced [Chabad] rabbi forced to step down from a string of posts after he was caught intimidating and vilifying victims of child sexual abuse is now teaching Jewish Studies at a Chabad  girls high school in Melbourne – a school run his father, Rabbi Sholom Mendel Kluwgant, and his aunt, Nechama Bendet.

What Is Chabad Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant Trying To Hide?

Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant was in the Supreme Court of Victoria this week seeking an injunction to prevent disclosure of a confidential settlement agreement which he entered last month. He had initially sought that the matter be held in closed court to prevent the public from having access to the proceedings.In an affidavit from his lawyer it was argued that if any information about the matter were released, Kluwgant's 'reputation would suffer, as would his standing in the Melbourne Orthodox Jewish Community. But didn't Kluwgant's own testimony and behavior before Australia's Royal Commission already do that?

Brooklyn Hasid Arrested For Alleged Child Sex Abuse

A 21-year-old Brooklyn hasid, Amrom Mendlovitz, has been arrested and charged with several child sex abuse-related crimes.

Why Is A Psychologist Who Supports A Dangerous And Discredited Therapy Speaking To A Jewish Group About Child Sex Abuse?

A psychologist was suspended in Florida for breaching a patient's confidentiality and related issues, and then suspended again (twice) for failing to pay the fines and get the extra continuing education mandated by the state licensing authority in order for him to continue practicing. This psychologist also supports dangerous and discredited reparative therapy/conversion therapy which claims to able to change gay men into heterosexuals. And now Tzedek, the Australian Jewish group formed by Manny Waks and several others to fight child sex abuse, has invited this psychologist to speak. Who is this psychologist?

British Jewish-Founded Camp Closed By Cops Over Child Porn

A police spokesman said “the pictures may have been taken of children at the camp, but we don’t know.”

Accused Rapist Rabbi Claims To Be Doing Teshuva But Still Won’t Admit Breaking The Law

Rabbi Ezra Sheinberg, who is charged with raping and abusing at least 13 women, claims he is doing teshuva. Even so, he still refuses to admit he did anything illegal.

2-Year-Old Haredi Boy Found Abandoned In Public Park, Parents Don’t Report Child Missing For More Than 11 Hours

It was close to midnight when a two-year-old boy was found alone and asleep in a public park near the beach in the Israeli city of Netanya Wednesday night.

West Bank Rabbi Allegedly Has Troubled Women Strip, Put On Robe, Then Fondles Them During Counseling Sessions

The women individually went to the rabbi seeking advice. He allegedly told the women to undress and put on a robe, and then touched each woman’s intimate areas during the counseling sessions.

Report: Hasidic “Sex Fiend” Rabbi Hiding On Small Carribean Island, Hasidim Claim

Rabbi Eliezer Berland, the head of the Shuvu Banim sect, is allegedly living on a remote island in the Caribbean after jumping bail and fleeing Holland, likely on a false passport.

 

Child Sex Abuse Charges Against Hasidic Bus Driver To Be Dropped

A felony first-degree child sexual abuse charge against Shlomo Erps, a hasidic school bus driver in Monsey, New York, was essentially dropped Friday after prosecutors told a court they could not prove their case.

Haredi Cult Accused Of Child Abuse Illegally Rents Homes For Children's Camp

The haredi Lev Tahor cult is back to its old tricks.

Mikvah Peeping Rabbi's 6-1/2 Year Sentence Upheld

Rabbi Barry Freundel's 6-1/2-year prison sentence was been upheld today, meaning Freundel's motion to have the sentence reconsidered was denied. The judge said that all of Freundel's 52 victims (who were inside the Statute of Limitations; in total, there were at least 102 total victims) deserve to be recognized as individuals and Freundel's crimes committed against each one of them treated as individual crimes.

Haredi Couple Arrested For Alleged Ongoing Physical Abuse Of Their 18-Month-Old Daughter

A young haredi husband and wife from the southern Israeli city of Ofakim were arrested yesterday for allegedly beating their 18-month-old daughter over a prolonged period of time.

Rabbi Moshe Menachem Taubenfeld Not Guilty Of Child Sex Abuse, Judge Rules

Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg – a longtime haredi anti-child-sex-abuse activist who has faced threats, harassment and ostracism along with two assaults (one with a gun and the other with bleach thrown in his face) over his activism – called the verdict political. The judge owes his election to New Square’s bloc vote, Rosenberg told the Journal News, and as long as judges are beholden to that type of political influence, "there will be no peace for children."

UPDATED: Victim Wants Peeping Tom Rabbi Barry Freundel Released From Jail

"I feel like the best response once anyone is incarcerated is to ask for their good treatment," Emma Shulevitz told FailedMessiah.com. "The challenge is to make [Rabbi Barry Freundel] into a good person who can do better. I believe he can change.  I want to work on that side. If that means I am with the defense so be it."

Rabbi Gavriel Bodenheimer Takes No Prison Plea Deal On Abuse Charges

Rabbi Gavriel Bodenheimer, originally charged with three 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, pleaded guilty today to endangering the welfare of a child, which is a misdemeanor.

Legally, "You Can't Rape Your Spouse," Top Jewish Aide To Donald Trump Says

A top Jewish adviser and confidant to leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump insists there is no such thing as spousal rape.

Victims Win Court Battle Against Mikvah Peeping Rabbi

Hundreds of women victimized by Rabbi Barry Freundel convinced a federal judge today to move their class action lawsuits back to DC Superior Court against Freundel’s wishes.

Attempted Child Abduction In The Five Towns

The Nassau County, New York Police Department that serves the 5 Towns area of Long Island is looking for a man driving in a Black Infiniti who allegedly tried to lure a 5-year-old girl into his car last week on Marlborough Road in Cedarhurst.

Alleged Serial Rapist Rabbi-Kabbalist Indicted

Zionist Orthodox kabbalist Rabbi Ezra Sheinberg was indicted on charges that he sexually abused, raped or sodomized at least 13 women.

Haredi Rabbi Sentenced To 9 Years In Prison For Child Sex Abuse

The Nazareth District Court sentenced a haredi rabbi from Afula to nine years in prison today for sexually abusing four teens. He represented the sex to the teens as being ordered by God and as being a mystical cure for various problems they had.

Australian Jewish Attorney With Ties To Chabad Investigated For Intimidation Of Child Sex Abuse Victim

Alex Lewenberg is being investigated by the Legal Services Commissioner over comments he made to a victim of notorious Chabad pedophile David Cyprys. Lewenberg was secretly recorded telling the victim that he was a moser (snitch; a crime punishable by death under Orthodox Jewish law) for cooperating with the police investigation into his client's child rapes.

All 13 Women Who Claim I Raped Or Abused Them Were Forced To Lie About Me By An Unnamed Conspiracist, Rabbi-Kabbalist Says

"A guiding hand has caused the complainants to complain against me; today is a holiday and the truth will come out.…One thing leads to another and one complainant comes forward, then another admits she was forced into saying what she said. Things will become clearer soon.”

Did Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Cover Up For Alleged Rapist Rabbi?

“…it’s your fault…Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu! Twelve years ago you planted the seeds of evil. You waged terror against any woman who dared to complain. I blame you! Twelve years ago, 120 religious Zionist rabbis heard complaints from women who were sexually molested by Rabbi [Shlomo] Aviner–and you came out as one united body in a grand shaming of the victims . You didn’t meet the women or hear their stories or try to understand what happened before you passed judgment on them. I blame you for publicizing thousands of public notices all around the country in which you declared that women who were sexually molested by Aviner were sick, provocative liars. You hurt these poor women worse than the sexual assault…"

Alleged Sex Perv Rabbi Threatens Prison Guards With Kabbalist Curses

Rabbi Ezra Sheinberg has taken to placing a kabbalistic curse on his jail guards, causing some of them to complain to the Israel Prisons Authority.

Kosher Supervision Company Run By Alleged Rapist Rabbi To Close

Rabbi Ezra Sheinberg was the co-founder and day-to-day head of a kosher supervision company based in Sefat in Northern Israel. Accused by more than 10 women of rape and sexual abuse, Sheinberg has been jailed since he tried to flee Israel more than two weeks ago. Now his kosher supervision will likely be disbanded.