https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/kanievsky-says-go-to-police-over-sexual-abuse-incidents-678178
Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, the leading rabbi of the Ashkenazi
non-hassidic ultra-Orthodox community, has stated that complaints over
sexual abuse should be made to the police, in comments which have been
released to the public by the rabbi’s advisors.
The
comments were made three years ago but have only now been publicly
disclosed in a video seen by The Jerusalem Post of the meeting in which
the rabbi stated his position. Kanievsky previously stated in 2015
regarding a specific case that a victim could report his abuse to the
police, but the new comments refer in general to all incidents of sexual
abuse and the video of his ruling was officially approved for release
by the rabbi’s advisers.
So how will the American Agudah, with their "Always go to a rabbi first" position, respond to this?
ReplyDeleteAnd how was this hidden for three years?
They are repeatedly being embarrassed when Rav kanievsky rejects their extreme views
ReplyDeleteBut I'm surprised this got out at all considering the control his handlers have over him. It's not like he ever walks out and talks directly to the crowd.
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