Are your Children Safe at Synagogue

Feb. 16, 2011 a girl told a counselor at school that her rabbi has been raping her for years. The counselor reported it, and when the investigators talked to her again, she claimed there were at least 16 incidents at 263 Classon Avenue, in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, which serves as Weberman’s home and office. It is where counseling sessions take place. The girl told investigators it began in 2007, when she was 12 and continued through 2010.

Detectives assembled sufficient preliminary evidence to start a case; and arrested Weberman on Wednesday. More evidence is being presented, right now, to a grand jury. Detectives are gathering information for a possible indictment.

Cases of Clergy Abuse

· Shlomo Aviner (Rosh Yeshiva, Ateret Cohanim Yeshiva, Rabbi of Beit El, Israel, accused by two women of creating emotionally intimate relationships with them. These relationships included his expressions of his love for them during regular late-night phone conversations, extracting details from them of their sexuality and promoting an unhealthy emotional dependence on him.

· Rabbi Lewis Brenner convicted of child molestation. The original charges included 14 counts of sodomy, sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child. He agreed to plead guilty to one count of sodomy in the third degree, a Class E felony, in exchange for a sentence of five years’ probation.

· Rabbi Ephraim Bryks – accusations about sexual inappropriate behavior with children started surfacing in the 1980′s. Rabbi Bryks is currently a member of the Vaad Harabonim of Queens. The Vaad is a rabbinical committee that makes important decisions within an orthodox community.

· Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach accused of several cases of child molestation, and sexual assault of young women

· Rabbi Perry Ian Cohen, Montreal and Toronto Canada, accused of sexual abuse of a seventeen year old. Fired for sexual impropriety with congregants.

· Rabbi Yitzchak Cohen accused of sexually harassing students at Bar-Ilan University

· Rabbi Ephraim Goldberg, Boca Raton, Florida pled guilty to one misdemeanor count of exposure of sexual organs in a washroom at a Palm Beach Mall.

· Rabbi/Cantor Sidney Goldenberg convicted of molesting children. The first complaints came in 1971. He was finally convicted in 1997.

· Cantor Joel Gordon convicted of keeping a house of prostitution and involvement in a prostitution ring.

· Rabbi Israel Grunwald accused of molesting a 15 year old on a 1995 plane flight from Australia to LA. The charge against him was dropped after agreeing to perform 500 hours of community service and to seek counseling. Grunwald was the chief rabbi of an Hungarian Hasidic congregation in Brooklyn, known as the Pupas.

· Yehudah Friedlander, Rabbi ‘s Assistant, accused of molesting a 15 year old on a 1995 plane flight from Australia to LA. Friedlander was the assistant to the chief rabbi of the Pupas.

· The State of Israel vs. Sex Offender convicted of repeated rape and forced molestation of his granddaughter.

· Rabbi at Hillel Torah, Chicago, IL, teacher at the Chicago school was accused of child molestation. His name was not released. The school did everything correctly in attempting to keep the children safe once accusations were made.

· Rabbi Solomon Hafner accused of sexually abusing a developmentally disabled boy.

· Rabbi (Alan J.) Shneur Horowitz convicted and sentenced to 10 – 20 years in prison for sodomizing a nine-year-old psychiatric patient. Allegedly, he has assaulted a string of children from California to Israel to New York in the past twenty years. Alan J. Horowitz is an Orthodox rabbi, magna cum laude, M.D., Ph.D. a graduate of Duke University, and was a writer for NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy Love Association.)

· Jacob Frank and the Frankist Movement accused of cultic type practices and sexualoffenses.

· Rabbi Israel Kestenbaum accused of child pornography on the Internet.

· Rabbi Robert Kirschner accused of sexually exploiting or harassing three congregants and a synagogue employee.

· Rabbi Ze’ev Kopolevitch convicted of molesting students at Rosh Yeshiva, Netiv Meir yeshiva high school.

· Rabbi Baruch Lanner convicted of child molestation.

· Rabbi Jerrold Martin Levy convicted of two counts of soliciting sex through the Internet and two counts of child pornography. He was sentenced to six years in prison. He was caught in the “Candyman” yearlong sting operation by the US government.

· Rabbi Pinchas Lew accused of exposing himself to a woman.

· Rabbi/Psychologist Mordecai Magencey lost his license to practice in the State of Missouri because of sexual misconduct with his patients.

· Rabbi Richard Marcovitz convicted of indecent or lewd acts with a child, and sexual battery.

· Rabbi Juda Mintz caught in an internet sting on child pornography and convicted.

· Rabbi Yona Metzger accused of sexual misconduct with four men.

· Rabbi Avrohom Mondrowitz accused of two counts of sexual abuse with boys at a special education school in New York.

· Cantor Howard Nevison accused of molesting his nephew

· Rabbi Michael Ozair accused of sexual molestation of a then-14-year-old girl.

· Cantor Stanley Rosenfeld convicted of molesting a 12-year-old boy he was tutoring.

· Rabbi Charles Shalman accused of sexual misconduct toward female congregational members.

· Cantor Robert Shapiro accused of three counts of rape and four counts of indecent assault and battery to a mentally retarded woman.

· Cantor Michael Segelstein accused of attempted rape, Chabad – Las Vegas, Nevada.

· Rabbi Ze’ev Sultanovitch accused of sexually molesting a number of adult yeshiva students at the Merkaz Harav Yeshiva.

· Rabbi Melvin Teitelbaum accused of three counts of sex crimes against two boys under the age of 14, and one count of assault with intent to commit rape against one boy’s mother. The charges were dropped for lack of evidenced.

· Rabbi Isadore Trachtman accused of cultic type practices and sexual offenses.

· Rabbi Hirsch Travis (Rabbi in Monsey) accused of posing as a Brooklyn doctor specializing in infertility problems, and allegedly sexually abusing and assaulting a patient.

· Rabbi Matis Weinberg accused of cultic type practices and sexual offenses.

· Rabbi Yaakov Weiner accused of molesting a boy at Camp Mogen Avraham, New York.

· Cantor Phillip Wittlin convicted of molesting two girls.

· Rabbi Mordechai Yomtov convicted of sexual abuse and committing lewd acts againstthree boys.

· Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman violated guidelines concerning “sexual ethics and sexual boundaries.”

· Rabbi Max Zucker accused by three women of improperly touching.

And Other Trusted Officials (Parents, Teachers,Camp Counselors, etc.):

· Arie Adler and Marisa Rimland, NY – Arie Adler was accused of molesting his daughter. Marisa Rimland murdered her daughter and then committed suicide.

· Simcha Adler – Ohel Counselor, NY plea-bargained charges of sodomy, sexual abuse and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child down to attempted sodomy.

· Eugene Loub Aronin, School Counselor in TX, convicted in 1984 of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy.

· B’Nai Torah Congregation, a Hillel Community Day School janitor in Boca Raton, FL, accused of child molestation.

· Chaim Ciment accused and charged with first-degree sexual abuse, after allegations were made that he fondled a 17-year-old girl in an elevator.

· James A. Cohen, Jewish Youth Group Leader convicted child molester, sentenced to 9 years for assaulting 4 boys.

· Larry Cohen, Soccer Coach in Lake Oswego, OR accused of molesting two individuals.

· Lawrence Cohen, School Teacher in NJ, convicted and sentenced to 10 years in federalprison for transmitting child pornography through his home computer.

· Phillip “Eli” Cohen, London, England, accused of 13 charges of indecently assaulting a boy and four offences of indecently assaulting a girl.

· Stuart Cooperman, MD – Pediatrician, Merrick, New York, accused of molesting six female patience.

· Delaware Family – father accused of alleged child molestation.

· Mordechai (Morton) Ehrman – Simcha’s Play Group, Brooklyn, NY, accused of molesting dozens of students.

· Hbrandon Lee Flagner convicted of the kidnapping and aggravated murder of Tiffany Jennifer Papesh, an 8-year-old girl. Flagner also claimed to have molested hundreds of girls during his life. While in prison, Flagner converted to Judaism by a Chasidic rabbi.

· Arnold and Jesse Friedman (Capturing the Friedmans) convicted sex offenders.

· Richard “Steve” Goldberg allegedly engaging in sex acts with several girls under 10 in California. He is on the FBI’s ten most wanted fugitives list.

· Ross Goldstein convicted of sodomy in the first degree (three counts) and use of a child in a sexual performance. He was sentenced to four concurrent indeterminate terms of 2 to 6 years imprisonment (Capturing the Friedmans).

· Several Child Sex Offenders in Har Nof 0, Jerusalem, Israel outlines several cases of alleged child sex offenders in the charedi town of Har Nof.

· David B. Harrington, School Principal / Big Brother, Rockville, MD, convicted sexoffender. Cases from the 1960′s – 1980′s.

· State of Israel vs. a Sex Offender convicted a 68-year- old Israeli religious man who pled guilty to repeated molestation of his granddaughter, was sentenced to 19 years in jail.

· Eric Hindin – Jewish Big Brother Volunteer, Newton, MA, convicted of 35 counts of child rape and sentenced to 20-22 years in prison.

· Judge Ronald Kline, CA, accused of possessing child pornography and for allegedlymolesting a neighborhood boy 25 years ago.

· A Kosher Butcher in Chicago accused of molesting children for over 30 years.

· Lawrence Nevison convicted of molesting his nephew. He is the brother of Cantor Howard Nevison.

· Stuart Nevison – convicted of molesting his cousin. He is the brother of Cantor Howard Nevison.

· Students of Ner Israel Yeshiva in the 1950′s accused of sexually molesting a youngerstudent.

· New York Society for the Deaf’s Home accused of treating disabled patients `like animals’ (beaten, drugged and robbed of their government checks).

· Ozzie Orbach, M.D. accused of molesting his daughter.

· Rogers Park JCC, Chicago Illinois – this was the first alleged mass molestation recorded in Illinois to involve accusations of sexual abuse by a group of adults; consists of 246 allegations that staff members abused children enrolled at the center, according to the Illinois Department of children and Family Services.

· Jonathan Rosenthal, Community Police Liaison, London, England, acquitted of sexuallyassaulting a few children, after a jury used ancient common law right, deciding evidence wasn’t strong enough.

· Adam Theodore Rubin, Teacher, Coach and Girl Scout Coordinator, accused of using a computer to solicit sex with a minor, possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

· Georges Schteinberg, teacher, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, accused of possession of child pornography. Charges were dropped when Schteinberg fled the country.

· Aryeh Scher, Israeli vice-consul, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, accused of possession of child pornography. Charges dropped when Scher fled the country.

· David Schwartz, Camp Counselor, Culver City, CA, convicted and sentenced to one year in residential treatment and five years’ probation for molesting a 4-year-old boy in his care at summer camp. A six-year prison sentence was suspended.

· Jerrold Schwartz, scoutmaster in NY, convicted and sentenced to 8 years in prison for multiple counts of sodomizing his former scout.

· Irwin Silverman, Chief Counsel to U.S. Secretary of Interior 1933-53, accused of molesting his daughter, Sue William Silverman.

· Paul Slifer, teacher, accused of sexually assaulting several students, and impersonating a doctor.

· Ari Sorkin, Synagogue Youth Worker, Elkins Park, PA, accused of molesting a 16 yr. old girl.

· Dr. Saul and Judith Wasserman accused of molesting their daughter.

· David Douglas Webber. Mashgiach (Kashrut Supervisor), Canada, convicted and sentenced to six years for possessing child pornography and molesting seven boys over the past eight years.

Sources: http://www.theawarenesscenter.org/clergyabuse

http://jewishsurvivors.blogspot.com/

http://exposemolesters.blogspot.com/