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Haredi sex abuse scandal revealed in NY
Lilit Wagner
Published: 13.12.11, 08:15
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1. Parents knew their children were being molested
Gadi ,   Tel Aviv Isael   (12.13.11)
What kind of people are they, that put religious principles before the well being of their children? They are not fit to be parents, its about time this community stopped living in a bubble and faced reality. How can people who claim to be religious do this to their own children?
2. Horrible. The molesters and the parents should be prosecuted
Henry from New York ,   USA   (12.13.11)
The kharedim should be charged with statutory rape, assault, child endangerment, etc. and the parents with conspiracy in each category possible. It is thoroughly disgusting to see people abuse Judaism like this. They are not worthy of calling themselves Jews. May our city's legal system treat them without mercy.
3. Another thing, quoting the NY Post is not very good practice
Henry from New York ,   USA   (12.13.11)
4. Any parent who did not report should be charged also as an
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (12.13.11)
accessory to child molestation. Let them pay fines and serve jail time.
5. When parents are too busy running after the next
Al   (12.13.11)
thing to buy be they religious, secular or whatever, this is the sad result. They entrust strangers to care for their kids. I see it very day here in Montreal young mothers rush to deposit their babies yes babies at daycare centres for $7.00 a day so they can rush to a job to pay the bills. (Obviously the men they chose as providers are losers.) Guess what gives? Their kids. As to the trolls who love these kind of articles to piss on the religious...Get over the hate, this stuff is happening everywhere. It may be happening to your kids or even grandkids and you wouldnt even know it.
6. They need therapy
Moshe ,   Jerusalem   (12.13.11)
Putting them in prison will not help except they will get what they done, these men need therapy something they may have been afraid to ask for. Its like someone always hungry looking for food. But the parents who new and kept silent should be punished.
7. Moshe ,
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (12.13.11)
If it was ONE molestor maybe that therapy could help . But here it are many criminals , so jail them , all of them and the parents , who knew , too .
8. These acts punishable by death according to halacha
yossi ,   Israel   (12.13.11)
So these child molesting supposedly religious Jews should get the penalty from the Book they hold so dear and supposedly espouse. Hang every one of them and the parents who were accomplices should spend the rest of their lives in jail. And these are the same haredi shtetls that constantly harp about how bad life is in Israel. Fuck em!
9. Are you high?
shmuel ,   Jerusalem   (12.13.11)
the parents did not know!
10. what do the rabbis say?
viva israel ,   uk   (12.13.11)
Very bad... should be put away for a very long time. Sent to a mental hospital ... Also a point that no one picked up, there is rampant homosexuality in yeshiva’s in Israel... because the ultra-orthodox are told to stay away from girls at all cost. Maybe the idea is to teach homosexuality and child abuse are not the righteous way in the Jewish religion . The question is child abuse linked to this? Perhaps also the idea of the separation of the sexs in schools should be reconsidered... The rabbis should look into this and come up with a solution. This is not a new story it has happened before in other communities.
11. TARGETTED ASSASSINATION
ANONYMOUS   (12.13.11)
12. Justice
Rochel ,   Los Angeles USA   (12.13.11)
If the Bais Din and the frum community don't do anything, then the parents MUST go to the police. Everything in the Torah commands that they should do so. G-d Himself set up Courts of Law.
13. #9 Read the second paragraph (End)
Madeleine ,   Rehovot Israel   (12.13.11)
14. Clean the house of these scumbags
Robert ,   NY USA   (12.13.11)
There is no help for a person who can hurt a child. It's beyond just the sexual part. They are also lying, intimidating, sick, fakes and con-artists. There is no excuse. Lucky they just get jail. First off, you hurt a child, second, you hurt us all!!! This should in no way be tollerated.
15. The myth of "we have higher family values"
Ehud   (12.13.11)
It is preposterous for religious people to claim a higher moral ground. They are as bad and goos as anyone; the only difference is that in the secular society those crimes are exposed, among the religious typically hidden
16. Heinrich Heine said 160 years ago,
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (12.13.11)
The way it christianizes itself,so it Judeaizes itself,in other words,the entire world is a small village.
17. #12, we have laws in this city for a reason and they apply
Henry from New York ,   USA   (12.13.11)
to everyone.
18. That what you get with gender separation
Stas B. ,   Israel, Netania   (12.13.11)
They do not grow in an environment where both men and women are present, only men.... So they decided to taste the forbidden fruit :) Bet after raping all those girls, most of those guys will look the other way on the street when seeing a woman, since they are so righteous.
19. If and when convicted
BEN JABO ,   ISRAEL   (12.14.11)
Remove the offending part surgically, they will be converted to sub-human capon's
20. In prison, they'll find out what the victims endured
iNetFraud ,   US   (12.14.11)
When they're turned out like prostitutes for the prison population. Not one of these monsters will escape being passed around like candy, as DISGUSTING as that practice is in prison. BUT it's certainly a reason NOT to Break the law. Their lives will be hell for decades; they'll never recover from it either. U know the saying: "what goes around..."
21. Now we know where the Porn came from!
David ,   Karmiel, Israel   (12.14.11)
22. Israelis
Eli ,   Jerusalem,Israel   (12.18.11)
When will a similar story repeat itself in Israel? ... It's only a matter of time
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