The Orthodox Sex Abuse Crackdown That Wasn’t That Lebovits, a cantor from the ultra-Orthodox Borough Park section of Brooklyn, was even convicted is seen as a victory considering the difficulty of prosecuting abuse in that community However, his release is disappointing, if not surprising, for those who hoped Brooklyn district attorney Kenneth Thompson would be the man to end decades of ultra-Orthodox sex abuse cover-ups
Meir Dascalowitz: Jewish Child Molester - Karl’s Substack ‘An Orthodox Jewish man who pleaded guilty to raping a young Brooklyn boy in a ritual bath was sentenced to five years behind bars today, as his victim’s mom called him a “monster of an animal ” Meir Dascalowitz, 29, pleaded guilty to sexual abuse in Brooklyn Supreme Court last month for forcing himself on his mentally-disabled victim
Thirteen years ago, a Brooklyn man’s. . . - The New York Times . . . Thirteen years ago, a Brooklyn man’s child molestation conviction pierced a veil of silence in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, where many people who dared to report sexual abuse were shunned Now the man, an unlicensed therapist who was sentenced to 103 years in prison, could be on a path to freedom