Lawsuit Revives Hope That Mondrowitz Will Finally Face Justice
After nearly 40 years, a new Mondrowitz accuser comes forward with allegations about the counselor who fled molestation charges in 1983.
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They Were Sexually Abused Long Ago as Children. Now They Can Sue in N.Y.
With the passing of the long-fought for Child Victims Act bill victims of long ago abuse will finally be able to seek justice.
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Yeshiva Torah Temimah settles with sexual assault accusers for $2.1M
Yeshiva Torah Temimah, a prominent Orthodox Jewish school in Brooklyn agreed to pay an unprecedented $2.1 million to two former students who charged that accused serial molester Rabbi Joel Kolko sexually assaulted them.
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Jewish school ordered to pay $1 million to student sexually abused by runaway principal
An ultra-orthodox Jewish school has been ordered to pay more than $1 million to a former student who was sexually abused by runaway principal, Malka Leifer.
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Lonnie Soury: SFJ's first spokesman and an advocate second to none. He does it "because he has to."
"Come 2013, maybe we should all resolve to pull "a Lonnie"... a mitzvah. Advocate for a cause beyond ourselves. Why would we do that? Maybe because, like Lonnie, we have to."
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Claims of Abuse Not Reported by Yeshiva University
Yeshiva University Admits: "The school dealt with allegations of 'improper sexual activity' against staff members by quietly allowing them to leave and find jobs elsewhere."
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Rumors of rabbi’s sexual misconduct raise tensions among UK Haredim
Long-simmering scandal threatens to divide those who want to involve secular authorities and those who want to deal with abuse internally.
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Convicted Child Molester to Serve as Grand Rabbi of Shomrei Emunim Chasidim
The will of the Shomrei Emunim Rebbe, Avrohom Chaim Roth, was read Saturday night. In the will, the rebbe ordered that all his sons, including with specificity the son currently in prison for child sexual abuse and incest, will inherit his title and serve as rebbes.
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Bobov Abuse Allegations
Bobov has a long history of covering-up sexual abuse within its community. Most recently, allegations of child sexual abuse at its summer camp were covered-up and children were instructed not to discuss what had happened to them.
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Brooklyn DA under increased scrutiny
Newly disclosed documents from the records of Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes casts doubt on his role in a notorious molestation case from the 1980's, suggesting that for many years, his office paid little attention to it.
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Agudath Israel Affirms policy of reporting abuse to rabbis
Dovid Zwiebel (seen here with Archbishop Timothy Dolan), the VP of America's leading ultra-Orthodox umbrella group tells parents that a child who reports being sexually abused may not go to the police without first getting permission from a rabbi.
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Britain's Hidden Child Abuse - A Special Report
In a special report, Channel 4 Dispatches goes undercover to expose the way the ultra Orthodox community in London has for decades been dealing with paedophilia.
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In a special report, Channel 4 Dispatches goes undercover to expose the way the ultra Orthodox community in London has for decades been dealing with child molesters.
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Former Kiryas Joel resident, Shlomo Weiss, talks about the abuse he suffered at the hands of his father and how the rabbinic leadership covered it up.
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