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
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
Brooklyn ultra-Orthodox Jewish counselor sentenced to 103 . . . An ultra-Orthodox Jewish counselor in New York was sentenced to 103 years in prison Tuesday for repeatedly sexually abusing a girl who was his patient over three years, according to wire reports