Brooklyn Religious School Rabbi Suspected of Sex Abuse

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The accusations come amid mounting pressure to report allegations of abuse within the insular, secretive community, the largest outside Israel

By COLLEEN LONG | Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 | Updated 6:43 PM EST

A rabbi at a religious school in New York's ultra-orthodox Jewish community is suspected of sexually abusing students, a law enforcement official said Wednesday.

The accusations come amid mounting pressure to report allegations of abuse within the insular, secretive community, the largest outside Israel, and were reported barely a week after a respected religious counselor in the same sect was sentenced to 103 years in prison for sexually abusing a girl. Both cases come from within the Satmar Hasidic sect, the official said.

The 33-year-old man was taken into custody after reports he may have brought two students to motels for sexual liaisons, said the official who was not authorized to speak publicly on the case and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. A third encounter was reported in a car. The official said the victims were all teenage boys, ages 14 to 16, and the encounters took place between March of last year and last week.

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It is has been difficult to prosecute cases of abuse in the ultra-Orthodox community. Families are encouraged to speak to their rabbis instead of going to secular authorities, and when they do go to police or prosecutors, they are often harassed or shunned. In the case of Nechemya Weberman, convicted last month of sustained sexual abuse, the accuser testified that her family was threatened and harassed.

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1. Did the DA go back on vacation?

The guy had been shelving these allegations for years.

Then, he went on vacation. That is how and why charges were filed against the Weberman perv.

There is a member of the Satmar sect who has been spear-heading this campaign against these sick, self-righteous assholes. During jury deliberations in the Weberman case (he got a much-deserved 103 years) someone on the street splashed acid in the activist's face.