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View ArticleShomrim in the Spotlight after Orthodox Boy's Murder
Organizations known as Shomrim that operate as volunteer neighborhood watches in many Orthodox Jewish communities are coming under scrutiny following the disappearance and murder of 8-year-old Leiby...
View ArticleMontreal Rabbinical Court Alerts Parents to Child Sexual Abuse. But is that...
The decision of a Rabbinical court in Montreal to broach the subject of child sexual abuse with Orthodox Jewish parents is being touted as a huge step for a community that has for years been reticent...
View ArticleOrthodox Jewish Youth Worker Arrested on Child Sexual Abuse Charges in Australia
An Orthodox Jewish youth leader who once worked at an Australian school already at the center of a child sexual abuse scandal has been arrested for molesting a child. According to theage.com, Aron...
View Article85 Arrested in Orthodox Jewish Child Sexual Abuse Investigation
A three-year investigation into child sexual abuse in the Orthodox Jewish community is paying off, according to the Brooklyn District Attorneys office. Since the project, known as Kol Tzedek, was...
View ArticleAnother Sex Abuse Case Sending Shock Waves Through Brooklyn's Ultra Orthodox...
The trial of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish counselor accused of sexually abusing a young girl begins later this week and it is sharply dividing the largely secretive community. According to an AP report,...
View ArticleCatholic Church Continues Battle Against Changes to Statute of Limitations
The Roman Catholic Church has been fighting state legislation changes around the country, changes that would expand statutes of limitation by creating “windows” in which sexual abuse victims can press...
View ArticleHorace Mann Scandal Renews Calls for Reform of New York Child Sexual Abuse Laws
The inadequacies of New York's laws governing child sexual abuse lawsuits are being made clear, thanks to a new scandal that has erupted around Horace Mann Academy, an elite prep school in the Bronx....
View ArticleFour Indicted in Brooklyn ultra-Orthodox Child Sexual Abuse Case
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office announced last week that it had obtained indictments against four members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community for attempting to pressure witnesses in the...
View ArticleKids Allegedly Molested at Orthodox Jewish Summer Camp
State Police in New York are investigating a possible incident a Orthodox Jewish boys' summer camp in which a food delivery person snuck into the sleeping quarters of campgoers and sexually molested...
View ArticleJudge's Ruling May Give New York Child Sex Abuse Victims a Way Around Statute...
Some attorneys are saying that a judge's ruling in a New York child sexual abuse lawsuit may have opened a window for victims of abuse that occurred long ago to file legal claims against their...
View ArticleAngry Over Lack of Reform in Haisidic Community, Advocates for Child Sexual...
Angry at his purported inaction to address the conspiracy of silence that often protects child sexual abusers in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, advocates for victims have postponed a meeting with...
View ArticleUltra-Orthodox Jewish Sect Accused of Abuse, Force Marriages, and Confinement
Just-released police documents include allegations of, among other things, beatings, sexual abuse and sex crimes, and forced marriages in the ultra-orthodox Haredi Lev Tahor Jewish cult. According to...
View ArticleCourt to Consider Reinstating Lawsuit Alleging Yeshiva High School Covered Up...
Thirty-four former students of Yeshiva University High School for Boys allege that the school placed them in danger by covering up sexual abuse by rabbis. This lawsuit was previously dismissed due to a...
View ArticleLawsuit Accuses Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi of Sexual Assault
An ultra-orthodox rabbi who runs seminaries for girls in Israel has committed sexual assault, a federal lawsuit alleges. According to the Chicago Tribune, the allegations against Rabbi Elimelech...
View ArticleAmerican Educator-Activist Speaks on Abuse Epidemic in Orthodox Jewish Community
An American educator and activist says the Jewish community is experiencing a "rampant epidemic" of rabbis who sexually abuse children. Elana Sztokman, former executive director of the Jewish Orthodox...
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In Groundbreaking Child Sex Abuse Settlement Brooklyn Yeshiva Agrees to Pay...
In the first settlement of its kind, an Orthodox Brooklyn yeshiva has agreed to pay $2.1 million to resolve allegations of child sex abuse. Yeshiva Torah Temimah, located on Brooklyn's Ocean Parkway,...
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