tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post1120000512823025768..comments2023-08-17T06:45:58.317-07:00Comments on "Yeshiva" of Brooklyn also Guilty of Child Abuse: We Have Enough Gun Control. What We Need Is Idiot Control.exposemolestershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02097300261898413798noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-11641745284429418472010-05-28T10:39:26.742-07:002010-05-28T10:39:26.742-07:00Rubashkin trial: State agent tries to identify pho...Rubashkin trial: State agent tries to identify photos of minors at plant<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2010/05/27/rubashkin-trial-second-day-of-defense-witnesses-begins/" rel="nofollow">This blog </a> from the Sholom Rubashkin trial will be updated throughout the day. Refresh for new content, or subscribe to the crime & courts blog to get updates via e-mail. <br /><br />3:40 p.m., Waterloo, Ia. — The defense said it has run out of witnesses for the day. The jury will return Tuesday morning. Tomorrow the court is closed because of budget cuts, and Monday is Memorial Day.<br /><br />The final witnesses for today:<br /><br />Moses Weissmandel, a former supervising rabbi at Agriprocessors, said he walked every area of the plant once a month and always observed workers wearing all their safety equipment.<br /><br />“Never ever did I see an Agriprocessors worker that appeared to be under 18,” he said.<br /><br />He spent some time explaining the difference between orthodox, conservative and liberal Jews. He said 170 years ago there was a split in the Jewish community when some wanted to modify or loosen the Jewish codes. Only the orthodox community kept true to the original code of Jewish law.<br /><br />Hekhsher Tzedek is a conservative kosher certification that he said was started to steal orthodox certification business.<br /><br />The defense has spent a bulk of time going over the various forces working against Agriprocessors. The list includes: Unions, liberal Jews like those at The Forward, conservative Jews like those pushing the Hekhsher Tzedek kosher certification, PETA, and the Catholic church in Postville.<br /><br />A former student at Postville’s Jewish boys school said Sholom Rubashkin refused to give him a job at the plant when he was 16.<br /><br />Eli Pinson, who lives in Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, said Rubashkin also refused to give a job to one of his friends who was a minor.<br /><br />3:00 p.m., Waterloo, Ia. — A construction worker with projects at Agriprocessors said Aaron Rubashkin was clearly in charge of the construction.<br /><br />Trevor Seibert said he remembered Sholom giving his opinion on a particular project, and his father, Aaron, telling him: “That was dumber than the idea you had yesterday.”<br /><br />There was no cross-examination from the state.<br /><br />An orthodox Jewish man from Minnesota said he toured Agriprocessors in 2006 with a rabbi and a federal safety inspector.<br /><br />They examined every corner of the plant and didn’t find any safety violations.<br /><br />Carlos Carbonera said he made the trip after reading a now famous expose in a New York City-based Jewish newspaper that alleged horrendous conditions inside the slaughterhouse.<br /><br />Carbonera said he would have stopped buying the Agriprocessors meat if he had observed any of the problems detailed in the article.<br /><br />Deputy Iowa Attorney General Thomas H. Miller said the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Agriprocessors in 2008 for failing to train employees to assist in an orderly and safe evacuation.<br /><br />Miller then asked Carbonera if he was aware of safety violations at the plant for failing to post safety evacuation routes and for an ammonia leak.<br /><br />2:30 p.m., Waterloo, Ia. — For nearly 45 minutes, defense attorney Mark Weinhardt showed picture after picture of fresh-faced Latino workers he said were over 18 to a state criminal investigator and the jury.<br /><br />He instructed Jon Turbett, an agent with Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, to try to guess the ages of the laborers in photographs taken during a May 12, 2008 immigration raid at Agriprocessors, a kosher slaughterhouse in Postville.<br /><br />When the attorney asked Turbett to estimate the age of the person in the first photograph, he guessed 17 or 18 years old, “based solely on this photograph.”<br /><br />The person in the photograph was over 18, the attorney said.<br /><br />“There’s a wide, wide difference between those two ages, isn’t there?” Weinhardt said.around the blogshttp://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2010/05/27/rubashkin-trial-second-day-of-defense-witnesses-begins/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-31562661132586178212010-05-27T15:00:30.677-07:002010-05-27T15:00:30.677-07:00The Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Mark Cole...The Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Mark Coleridge, has called on Catholic leaders to do everything possible to stop sexual abuse within the Church.<br /><br />Archbishop Coleridge says he accepts there is a cultural problem within the Church that has led to the abuse, and an institutional pride that has prevented many from speaking out.<br /><br />The Archbishop will raise the issue in his pastoral address to the community this week.<br /><br />He has told Radio National that although the level of abuse in the Church is small, every incident is appalling.<br /><br />He says the situation is made worse because the abuse breaches the trust held in the clergy.<br /><br />"No one now can deny the scale of the problem and the urgent task," he said.<br /><br />"In the case of clerical abuse of the young, we are dealing with crime. And the Church has struggled to find the point of convergence between sin and forgiveness on the one hand, and crime and punishment on the other.<br /><br />"True, sin must be forgiven, but so too must crime be punished...Child Molester Enabler Rabbi Shlomo Mandel RESIGN NOW!http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/23/2906876.htm?section=justinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-19306485961008542042010-05-27T08:37:44.012-07:002010-05-27T08:37:44.012-07:00A Reply to Von Keetch's Comments on Clergy Chi...A Reply to Von Keetch's Comments on Clergy Child Sex Abuse and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<br />By MARCI A. HAMILTON <br /><br />http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hamilton/20100527.htmlMARCI A. HAMILTONnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-42881708992917878812010-05-26T18:56:55.952-07:002010-05-26T18:56:55.952-07:00Why is that molester still living on Yeshiva Lane ...Why is that molester still living on Yeshiva Lane and tutoring buchrim?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-48019859921408780212010-05-26T14:54:54.826-07:002010-05-26T14:54:54.826-07:00Drunk driver crashes into Yeshiva entrance
Jewish...Drunk driver crashes into Yeshiva entrance<br /><br />JewishByte Baltimore – Shortly before 10 p.m. last night on May 25th, a drunk driver veered off Mount Wilson Lane and crashed right into the entrance sign of Ner Israel Rabbinical College. A sharp bend in this windy road marks the entrance to Ner Israel Rabbinical College a renowned Jewish Yeshiva in Pikesville. Students said they were told the driver, a black male was under the influence when the small truck he was driving went off the road and crashed into the college entrance sign. According to students asking not to be identified the driver was transported to shock trauma for treatment. One student mentioned how lucky everyone was that there were no other vehicles entering or leaving the usually busy premises.NIRC - Moshe Eisenmann was the targethttp://www.jewbyte.info/05/drunk-driver-crashes-into-yeshiva-entrance/10531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-87911316342067860382010-05-26T14:51:53.997-07:002010-05-26T14:51:53.997-07:00The Obama administration reportedly has sided with...The Obama administration reportedly has sided with the Vatican in a case involving a man who says he was sexually abused decades ago by a priest from Oregon.Obamahttp://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/26/obama-administration-sides-vatican-sex-abuse-case/?test=latestnewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-32534542714517065372010-05-26T14:45:44.558-07:002010-05-26T14:45:44.558-07:00I think this is an excellent banning.
http://news...I think this is an excellent banning.<br /><br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10161713.stm<br /><br />The chief rabbi of a West Bank settlement has prohibited women from standing in a local community election.Rabbi Avrohm Schornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-20758760422969140822010-05-25T18:27:43.860-07:002010-05-25T18:27:43.860-07:00Sounds hot! Why dosen't shlomie mandel open up...Sounds hot! Why dosen't shlomie mandel open up another branch of YOB in Italy?<br /><br /><i>Conti is charged with sexual violence and other charges. In police interrogations, the boys — some as young as 13 at the time of the alleged abuse — said Conti would masturbate them and force them to perform oral sex on him in his home, where he frequently invited them to eat dinner and watch movies</i>child molester yudel nussbaumhttp://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j8J_ZQy2Ttux-lpPy9gEA4hp13AQD9FU47J00noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-51813905134049657842010-05-25T18:22:51.839-07:002010-05-25T18:22:51.839-07:00My killer may go free.
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/...My killer may go free.<br /><br />http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Convicted-killer-on-verge-of-freedom-94879134.html<br /><br />A federal judge moved closer Tuesday to freeing a Brooklyn rabbi's convicted killer after state prosecutors admitted that they had withheld evidence during his 1995 murder trial.<br /><br />Federal Judge Dora Irizarry chided the Brooklyn District Attorney's office and over their objections, ordered a rare evidentiary hearing Wednesday that could free Jabbar Collins, 37, and bar prosecutors from retrying him for the rabbi's slaying.<br /><br />"What is troubling is that back in 2006 the DA's office didn't take that extra step," said the judge, criticizing Brooklyn prosecutors for failing to thoroughly investigate defense claims of prosecutorial misconduct years ago.<br /><br />Prosecutors did admit a crucial mistake: not revealing back in 1995 that a key witness against Collins briefly recanted. He went on to testify against Collins, who was sentenced to 34 years to life in prison for fatally shooting Rabbi Abraham Pollack during a 1995 robbery in Williamsburg.<br /><br />"We have admitted error," said Monique Ferrell, a Brooklyn assistant district attorney, who claimed that her office only recently learned about this witness' temporary flipflop.<br /> <br />Ferrell claimed that the DA's office "spent hundreds of hours" back in 2006 investigating defense claims of prosecutorial misconduct but overlooked a retired Brooklyn detective who recently disclosed that the witness had wavered in his story.<br /><br />The defense also accused Brooklyn prosecutors of intimidating other witnesses, misleading the jury and witholding a 911 tape.<br /><br />"This is a course of behavior that is truly shocking to the conscience," said defense attorney Joel Rudin.<br /> <br />The judge appeared to side with Collins, who has steadfastly maintained his innocence, spent years studying the law while behind bars and filed freedom of information requests on his case. Half the courtroom was filled with his eight brothers and sisters, his mother, two of his three children and friends.<br /><br />"Frankly there are a lot of documents that seem to back up petitioner's claims," Judge Irizarry said. She is expected to rule as soon as Wednesday on whether to let Collins out on bail while the hearing on his fate continues.<br /><br />While the DA now agrees with the defense motion to void the original conviction, prosecutors said they will retry Collins for the 1995 murder and opposed his bid for bail.<br /><br />"We stand by our view of the defendant's guilt," said Leonard Joblove, a Brooklyn assistant attorney.<br /><br />However prosecutors admitted to recently offering Collins a deal to admit to a lesser charge of manslaughter, effectively freeing him because he has already served 15 years in prison. Collins refused the deal and wants to clear his name, said Rudin.Rabbi Abraham Pollacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-84013647644396941872010-05-24T20:54:59.499-07:002010-05-24T20:54:59.499-07:00I think Shmuley Boteach should stop being a media ...I think Shmuley Boteach should stop being a media hound. Besides, he is sticking his neck way out of his level playing field. It's like me going out of Borough-Park and not minding my own business.Rabbi Jacob Perlowhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/mj-rosenberg/rabbi-shmuley-boteach-say_b_587274.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-25313882815992383842010-05-23T20:44:02.964-07:002010-05-23T20:44:02.964-07:00They report anything except sexual abuse in the Or...They report anything except sexual abuse in the Orthodox world. <br /><br />http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/News+Alerts/58303/JCC-of-Marine-Park-Hosts-Rabbi-Chaim-Dovid-Zweibel-For-Inspirational-Shabbos-.htmlYWN accolade Zwiebelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-42944533504426793952010-05-23T10:49:38.378-07:002010-05-23T10:49:38.378-07:00That's right Avi. You are the apple of my eye....That's right Avi. You are the apple of my eye. If people only knew when I give my Pirkei Avos shiur how much stress I place on recognizing the good and ignoring the bad.Rabbi Dovid Zwibelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-49958090015714026842010-05-22T22:24:06.048-07:002010-05-22T22:24:06.048-07:00Chabadmeisters always get front page recognition, ...Chabadmeisters always get front page recognition, as is the case here.<br /><br />This year when we lobby Albany together with the Catholics - against this 'window' nonsense - they better erect some billboard or something of that kind with the logo - Shafmeister always wins.Rabbi Avi Shafranhttp://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-beliefs-shavuot-20100522,0,156424.storynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-79745249759831045332010-05-21T12:03:48.067-07:002010-05-21T12:03:48.067-07:00I'm sure Shavuot was an awesome, inspiring all...I'm sure Shavuot was an awesome, inspiring all-nighter for all those pompous donkeys, sledge-hammering the very same Torah they claim to uphold. <br /><br />So let's all stand up and applaud the pious facade, a display of once again mocking our intelligence, and attempting to pull the wool over our eyes. Yay-- Moetzez Gedolei Hatorah!exposemolestershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02097300261898413798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-38757294685241023182010-05-18T15:25:20.171-07:002010-05-18T15:25:20.171-07:00It is appropriate to call for the resignation of a...It is appropriate to call for the resignation of a vicious child molester enabler on this erev shavuos.shlomo mandel of yob: resign now!http://www.yucommentator.com/a-call-for-a-new-rosh-yeshiva-1.1482418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-87879866176641090042010-05-18T15:18:36.752-07:002010-05-18T15:18:36.752-07:00Hi EM,
Chag Sameach!Hi EM, <br /><br />Chag Sameach!a yid who caresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-1395084194938692622010-05-17T17:32:12.634-07:002010-05-17T17:32:12.634-07:00Childhood Abuse May Lead to Severe Binge Eating
T...Childhood Abuse May Lead to Severe Binge Eating<br /><br />The underlying causes of binge eating disorder (BED), a psychiatric condition characterized by uncontrolled eating of large quantities of food in a short period of time, remained a mystery - until now. A new study, led by psychiatric researcher and clinical psychologist David M. Dunkley, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, reveals that the severity of BED may be linked to childhood sexual and/or emotional abuse. “Childhood sexual or emotional abuse were associated with greater body dissatisfaction in BED, whereas physical abuse or physical or emotional neglect were not," said Dunkley. BED is more common in women and, according to Dunkley’s research, therapists should concentrate on self-criticism in suspected cases. The study appears in the International Journal of Eating Disorders.fatso margonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-67894506882841104222010-05-17T17:30:22.104-07:002010-05-17T17:30:22.104-07:00May 14, 2010
Justice for Child Abuse Victims
The ...May 14, 2010<br />Justice for Child Abuse Victims<br /><br />The Catholic Church is working against the interests of child abuse victims in state legislatures around the country. In recent weeks, lobbying by the church has blocked measures in Wisconsin, Arizona and Connecticut intended to widen the legal window for victims to file lawsuits against hidden predators.<br /><br />We urge the New York State Legislature to rise above intense lobbying by the New York State Catholic Conference and Orthodox Jewish officials and pass the overdue Child Victims Act. Like a similar measure enacted in 2003 by California, it would create a one-time, one-year suspension of the statute of limitations for bringing civil lawsuits over the sexual abuse of children.<br /><br />Once that window closes, people alleging abuse would have until age 28 to bring a claim. Current law sets the limit at 23 in most circumstances.<br /><br />The measure recognizes that it typically takes many years before victims are ready to come forward. The measure also recognizes the Catholic Church’s history of intimidating victims and burying abuses in church files, creating a shroud of secrecy that extended in many cases until victims were in their 30s or older, well beyond existing time limits for prosecutions or civil lawsuits.<br /><br />An earlier version of the bill passed the Assembly in 2006, 2007 and 2008, but the Senate, then under Republican control, refused to consider it. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver expresses strong support for the latest bill, amended to cover abuses by both religious and non- religious entities. But he is insistent that the Senate act first before requiring his members to cast another politically sensitive vote on the issue.<br /><br />The Senate Codes Committee is set to consider the measure by mid-June. The committee’s chairman, Eric Schneiderman, Democrat of Manhattan, should work to ensure passage of the bill, which has safeguards against the filing of bogus claims.<br /><br />The Catholic Church fears a wave of costly settlements and damage awards like those that followed California’s temporary lifting of the statute of limitations several years ago. Those concerns, and the difficulty of trying to judge decades-old accusations, are outweighed by the need to afford victims a measure of justice, the demands of public safety, and the injustice of rewarding any group for covering up sexual abuse of children.The New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/16/opinion/16sun2.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-60428058386206354302010-05-16T13:06:42.222-07:002010-05-16T13:06:42.222-07:00It's time the Moetzez pay for their crimes too...It's time the Moetzez pay for their crimes too.<br /><br />-----------------------------<br /><br />Diocese of Vermont to pay $17.6M to sex-abuse victims<br />BURLINGTON, Vt. — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Vermont will pay $17.6 million to dozens of former altar boys who sued the church over alleged sexual abuse by priests.<br /><br />The payout, announced Thursday by the diocese, will settle 26 lawsuits. The altar boys served in the 1970s.<br /><br />"Our clients are very happy to have an opportunity to close this chapter of their lives," said Jerome O'Neill, lead attorney for the victims. "All of them know that nothing goes away, nothing changes. They will live with this for the rest of their lives."<br /><br />Bishop Salvatore Matano, speaking at the diocesan headquarters, which was put up for sale to help pay the settlements, said the diocese agreed to the deal as a way to end the pain the scandal has caused for both the victims and the Catholic Church.<br /><br />"These unfortunate incidents crippled the life of the church," he said. "It seriously impacted (the church's) mission. Now it is my task to rejuvenate that mission."<br /><br />Matano — who joined the statewide diocese in 2005, inheriting the lawsuits when he arrived — said he deeply regretted the abuse the victims had endured. "I apologize most sincerely for the pain the victims have suffered," he said. "I ask for all of our faithful to pray for our wounded brothers and sisters."<br /><br />Matano said no church programs will be affected by settlement cost. He said sale of the diocesan headquarters and a sprawling church camp complex in Colchester will help pay off a loan the diocese obtained to pay the settlement.<br /><br />FAITH & REASON: Pope calls for justice, repentance<br /><br />Most of the cases covered by the settlement centered on Edward Paquette and his time as a parish priest in Rutland, Montpelier and Burlington between 1972 and 1978.<br /><br />Paquette was suspended in 1978.<br /><br />The diocese did not dispute the abuse, but claimed it had been advised by church psychiatrists that Paquette had been cured of what was identified as "homosexuality" at the time. Church documents displayed during the trials showed that the diocese hired Paquette in 1972 even though he had molested boys at parishes in Massachusetts and Indiana.<br /><br />Paquette, who lives in Westfield, Mass., and was officially defrocked by the Vatican in 2009, told The Burlington Free Press last year he regretted his conduct.<br /><br />"If what I know now I knew back then, all of this would have been avoided," he said. "But I was blinded. It's hard to explain why I did it. I don't know."<br /><br />In addition to the 26 cases settled Thursday, the diocese also agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to settle three other abuse cases. Those cases were on appeal before the Vermont Supreme Court. The diocese said the settlements would remain confidential.<br /><br />O'Neill said his clients who are party to the mass settlement — 25 men and one woman — took a courageous stand in pursuing their cases.<br /><br />"They have mixed feelings about the settlement," he said. "A few are frustrated that they will not get the chance to present their case to a jury."<br /><br />The settlement was hammered out during the past three months in closed-door mediation sessions between O'Neill's firm and lawyers for the diocese, O'Neill saidchaimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-56191682024048786122010-05-16T13:03:01.783-07:002010-05-16T13:03:01.783-07:00http://www.tcavjohn.com/index.php
Dr. Johnson has...http://www.tcavjohn.com/index.php<br /><br />Dr. Johnson has testified in Dependency, Civil and Criminal courts as an expert witness since 1988. She has a solid background in all aspects of child sexual abuse and children with sexual behavior problems.<br /><br />Dr. Johnson has been invited to lecture on child abuse and child sexual abuse in Australia, New Zealand, South America, Europe, Africa, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Great Britain, Canada and in 41 of the United States of America. She provides consultation to protective service workers, mental health professionals, attorneys, the police, probation and the courts in the areas of sexual victimization and perpetration and domestic violence.<br /><br />In the civil and child abuse and dependency cases, Dr. Johnson has done thorough review of the records and psychological testing of the plaintiff or defendant prior to testimony. Many cases do not go to trial they are settled out of courtToni Cavanagh Johnson, Ph.D.http://www.tcavjohn.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-36846915433189883632010-05-14T15:22:32.205-07:002010-05-14T15:22:32.205-07:00Meir Dascalowitz made the allegation in a
confessi...Meir Dascalowitz made the allegation in a<br />confession while he was questioned about his 2009<br />encounters with a 12-year-old in a ritual bath in <br />Williamsburg, a source told the Daily News.<br /><br />Dascalowitz alleged that he had been molested by <br />Rabbi Baruch Lebovits - who was recently convicted<br />of abusing a 16-year-old boy and has been charged<br />in two other sex cases. "He said he was molested by<br />Lebovits and made an outcry, but nothing ever<br />happened," a source said.<br /><br />Dascalowitz, 28, an unemployed married clerk with<br />a wife and child, was arrested Tuesday after he left<br />his therapist's home.<br /><br />Prosecutors allege he molested the 12-year-old<br />once a month between January and June 2009,<br />according to court papers. Almost a year later, the<br />boy told his father, who went to authorities,<br />prosecutor Wilfredo Cotto told a judge.<br /><br />Dascalowitz declined to comment as he left the<br />courthouse after being freed on $150,000 bail.<br /><br />"He denies the allegations," said his lawyer Israel<br />Fried.<br /><br />Lebovits' lawyer also declined to comment.<br /><br />The rabbi was sentenced last month to 10 to 23<br />years behind bars for abusing a teenage friend of<br />his son. He has vowed to appeal.<br /><br />sshifrel@nydailynews.comMeir Dascalowitzhttp://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/05/13/2010-05-13_jailed_rabbi_abused_me_claims_accused_pervert.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-37061067403602868372010-05-14T15:18:28.764-07:002010-05-14T15:18:28.764-07:00From the words of the Rashba we learn that in matt...From the words of the Rashba we learn that in matters that concern societal welfare the<br />Sages of Israel of every generation have the authority to extend their authority and decide<br />matters according to their best judgment and [in the absence of a clear directive contained<br />in the Torah] to stand in the breach …<br />Accordingly, it is my determination that one should report (an abuser) to the secular<br />government authorities [police, etc.]; and in this there is benefit to society…<br />[Rabbi] Shalom Yosef ElyashivA PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF HARAV SHALOM YOSEF ELYASHIV’S PSAK part twohttp://survivorsforjustice.org/images/stories/pdfs/legal/Yeshurun-Rav%20Elyashiv%20Letter%20on%20Reporting%20Abuse-English-Pa..pdfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-10823359033724416922010-05-14T15:17:43.222-07:002010-05-14T15:17:43.222-07:00Yeshurun, XV, Nisan 5765
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Rabbi Shalom Yosef...Yeshurun, XV, Nisan 5765<br />pp.641<br />Rabbi Shalom Yosef Elyashiv<br />A Question in the Matter of Informing the Government Concerning Sexual Abuse of<br />a Boy or a Girl<br />BS"D Fast of the Tenth (Month) 5764<br />To My Friend etc. Rabbi Shraga Feivel Cohen etc.<br />I received this letter in its time but was unable to respond until "a day on which scholars<br />take a holiday." The essence of the letter [you sent to me, is that]: one knows that<br />someone is sexually abusing a boy or a girl; is it permissible to report such a matter to a<br />secular government official [police, etc.]?<br />This is the language of the Rashba (Rabbi Shlomo ben Aderet, Spain, 1235-1310, one of<br />the foremost authorities in Jewish law) in his Responsa, III no. 393, "It appears to me that<br />if the witnesses are believed by the selected Bais Din [Jewish Court of Law] judges, [these<br />judges] are permitted to impose a monetary fine or corporal punishment [which penalties<br />and punishment fall outside those proscribed by the Torah], all in accord with their<br />evaluation; and this maintains society.<br />Because if you will adjudicate based only on the laws established by the Torah, society<br />will be destroyed... And, therefore, those Bais Din judges who did this, if they saw that the<br />situation required [such action] for communal welfare, they acted legally,.."A PARTIAL TRANSLATION OF HARAV SHALOM YOSEF ELYASHIV’S PSAK part onehttp://survivorsforjustice.org/images/stories/pdfs/legal/Yeshurun-Rav%20Elyashiv%20Letter%20on%20Reporting%20Abuse-English-Pa..pdfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-22511267496318654322010-05-13T14:55:00.897-07:002010-05-13T14:55:00.897-07:00This is an outrage!
MONTPELIER, Vt. – Dozens of f...<b>This is an outrage!</b><br /><br />MONTPELIER, Vt. – Dozens of former altar boys who sued Vermont's Catholic church over alleged sexual abuse by priests will share in a nearly $18 million settlement of their cases.<br /><br />The attorney for the 26 former altar boys and the bishop of the statewide Diocese of Burlington said Thursday they were pleased by the settlement, but both acknowledged that the cases had been difficult for the victims.<br /><br />"Our clients are very happy to have the opportunity to close this chapter in their lives," said attorney Jerry O'Neill. "All of them know that nothing goes away, nothing changes the pain, they will live with this the rest of their lives, but at least now they can put this piece behind them and move forward."<br /><br />Bishop Salvatore Matano asked for prayers to help the victims heal from the scars of abuse.<br /><br />"This has been a very painful process for the victims and for all the members of our diocesan family. I once again apologize most sincerely for the pain the victims have suffered," Matano said. "I ask that you join me in praying always for these wounded and hurt brothers and sisters."<br /><br />The lawsuits accused the diocese of negligent hiring, and many of the cases centered on defrocked Rev. Edward Paquette, who was the target of allegations before he transferred to Vermont in the mid-1970s.<br /><br />Last month, a judge set a Sept. 20 trial date for the cases unless they could be settled out of court.<br /><br />In addition to the 26 pending cases that were settled for $17.65 million, the two sides agreed to settle three cases that had already been decided in court and were on appeal. The diocese said those settlements would remain confidential.<br /><br />In a statement posted on the website of the 118,000-member diocese, Matano said that to make the payment, the church would sell its Burlington headquarters, which includes prime, undeveloped Lake Champlain waterfront property, and a lakeside summer camp on Malletts Bay in Colchester.Agudath Israel Senior Citizens divisionhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100513/ap_on_re_us/us_priest_sex_abusenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28305689.post-40162467058684301422010-05-13T14:44:11.254-07:002010-05-13T14:44:11.254-07:00Nussbaum and Kolko don't have televisions or i...Nussbaum and Kolko don't have televisions or internet so I don't want to hear people blaming them for this. <br /><br />><br /><br />London, May 13 (ANI): Child sex abuse images are a big business online, according to the UK's Internet<br />Watch Foundation (IWF).<br /><br />Buzz up!<br />The IWF's annual report discloses that about 450 criminal gangs across the globe are using child sex abuse images to make money, with the 10 most prolific of these accounting for over 650 web pages.<br /><br /><br />While the report says the industry<br />is not growing despite being well-established online, it also points out that these groups are finding newer ways to distribute these images.<br /><br />It reveals that content distributors are now using smaller social networks, image-sharing sites, free website hosting platforms and hacked websites to avoid detection.<br /><br />Moreover, to avoid getting caught they shift their distribution networks frequently between different providers and countries.<br /><br />Most gangs run a pay-per-view system, charging a monthly fee of about 55pounds for access to photos and videos.<br /><br />The IWF believes a large part of the commercial material is initially exchanged privately between sex offenders.<br /><br />"Although internet usage<br />and the volume of content continue to rise globally, we are not seeing a proportionate rise in commercial child sexual abuse material which instead appears to have remained fairly static over recent years," the BBC quoted Peter Robbins, chief executive of the IWF, as saying.<br /><br />The IWF received more than 38,000 reports about illegal content last year.<br /><br />The majority of this was either hosted outside the UK or outside its remit.<br /><br />About 44 percent of the content highlighted to the IWF in 2009 depicted the rape of a child and 23 percent of it featured children below the age of six. (ANI)Child Molester Enabler Rabbi Shlomo Mandelnoreply@blogger.com