Called the “Bin Laden of pedophiles” by one victim, the bogus rabbi
and self-proclaimed psychologist fled the United States in 1984 just
before cops broke into his Borough Park, Brooklyn, home with a search
warrant. They found a cache of kiddie porn and lists of hundreds of
names of local boys, most referred to Mondrowitz by Jewish families and
child-service agencies for counseling and his yeshiva-style program.
“He was known in the insular community as the go-to therapist, child
mentor,” said an outspoken victim, Mark Weiss, whose parents sent him to
Mondrowitz at age 13. “He had a certain knack with kids.”
And the Gerrer Rebbe himself is happy to vouch for his upright character.
ReplyDeleteA) Mondrowitz was never convicted by neither a beis din nor a secular court. He MUST be given the presumption of innocence that he is entitled to.
ReplyDeleteB) Even if he had been guilty of the most heineous crime (and see A above that we cannot assume so), he may have done teshuva -- as any sinner can under the Torah -- and we would be obligated to presume he has.
C) No one has even accused him of committing any molestation in the recent past number of decades.
A) Mondrowitz was never convicted by neither a beis din nor a secular court. He MUST be given the presumption of innocence that he is entitled to.
DeleteONLY because he fled the country and the Israeli Supreme Court ruled that he could not be extradited, on account of a technicality.
B) Even if he had been guilty of the most heineous crime (and see A above that we cannot assume so), he may have done teshuva -- as any sinner can under the Torah -- and we would be obligated to presume he has.
Does not Teshuva bein adam l'chavero require that a person at least apologize to the one they hurt? See the Rambam's laws on Teshuva.
C) No one has even accused him of committing any molestation in the recent past number of decades.
Not true. When arrested in 2007 for extradition he was found with electronic evidence of molestation as well as a cache of child pornography. The court ruled that it was inadmissable as evidence because it was discovered while they were serving what the Supreme Court ruled to be an invalid warrant(for his extradition).
He was also heavily implicated in the latest Pedophile scandal in Nachalaot, in which over 100 children under the age of 5 were raped. Again he escaped on a technicality.
If you would like to move in next door to him and allow your children to play unsupervised around him... then I may be willing to listen to what you have to say.
He was called a rodef by the Bais Yosef Bais Din!
DeleteA court has to give him the presumption of innocence, not the public or parents. the latter has a responsibility to protect their children.
ReplyDeletenachlaot is really becoming the child abuse capital of israel.
second comment: he can't just do tshevua in a dark room! he has to admit his sin, go to the victims and ask for slicha!
ReplyDeleteregarding C: that is not enough to show that he is no longer a danger to the public! that type of determination has to be made a professional.
why this incredible covering up and protecting of this guy?
Folks like Robert will be the end of us all.
ReplyDeleteAron levi also did teshuva but I don't see u asking to let him off the hook. Don't be hypocrite
ReplyDeleteNot only a molester and pervert, he is obviously guilty of using the internet to feed his disgusting behaviour
ReplyDeleteFor him, the Gedolim will overlook him being Oiyve on this La'av but will public berate those who use the interent to out such people and protect the victoms of these disgusting animals
Dear Robert:
ReplyDeleteYou are among the few unique individuals who has not met a victim of this monster. I am more than aware that I am neither judge, jury, or dayan. But I have met and interviewed quite a number of victims of this low life. And I have discussed this case with quite a number of rabbonim, dayanim, and Gedolei Yisroel. The conclusion is unanimous. The main reason I don't want to deal with your gibberish about conviction is because the basics required in each and every case of taking needed precautions based on the accusations were never done. That is a travesty, and those supporting him are facing severe consequences that are only to be levied in bais din shel maaloh.
Why discuss teshuvah? I'm sorry to speak this way, but that statement must come from a midget size intellect. No human being can ever judge teshuvah. The entire beis din system, as set up by the Torah, would cease to exist because of this hope that teshuvah was done. Teshuvah is only a matter between the individual and his Creator, and is never an element for a human to judge. As for the personal mechilah, both the sinner and the victim have to be prepared through much soul searching and therapy to ask and grant forgiveness.
Why should we care about the past few decades? Firstly, he is hiding, protected by those who should be protecting Klal Yisroel. Secondly, his victims, many, many of them, are still suffering. Has he paid for a dollar of their therapy? His crimes still continue. No new victims in the last 20 years? I don't believe, but even if so, who cares?
This monster needs to be removed from his protective custody, and he and his protectors should be publicly shamed and punished. This is a chutzpah against all of Klal Yisroel.
Halacha allows no punitive measures, outside of a beis din judgement, if the threat no longer exists (demonstrably that he is continuing such action) and he has ceased the wrong behavior.
ReplyDeleteWe cannot judge teshuva but nor can we judge his guilt or innocence.
As long as we have reason to believe he is a risk, which does NOT require a psak beis din, we have a moral obligation to keep him away from possible recurrences. This is not punitive, and we have concluded nothing. If we have proved his innocence, there is a valid argument that nothing preventive needs to be done. Otherwise, even remote risks must lead to actions. I would not label someone or punish them, but the precautionary steps must be taken regardless.
DeleteWe NEVER have the right to say that teshuvah has been done and that risk no longer exists. With regards to the Monster, I have personal knowledge, and quite a number of rabbonim and Gedolei Yisroel have confirmed their experiences as similar to mine. I do not question fact, regardless of whether or not the matter has been processed formally in a court or beis din.
So you are saying as long as a rapist has done teshuvah then we should leave him alone? So does that not encourage potential to go out and rape and in the off chance they get caught they can say I have done teshuvah, thanks very much, and you can now let me go on my merry way. So basically they can rape unimpeded and suffer no consequences?
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