Monday, October 2, 2023

Rabbis finally break silence on sex abuse

 https://www.thejc.com/news/world/rabbis-finally-break-silence-on-sex-abuse-1.23372?reloadTime=1656201600011

MAY 26, 2011

The rabbinical advice was both candid and clear. In response to the observation that allegations of abuse had been suppressed out of fear of communal disgrace (hilul hashem), Rabbi Daniel Eidensohn, author of Child and Domestic Abuse, responded: "Covering up is a much worse hilul hashem." Where a child is in danger, he noted that the halachic concept of pikuach nefesh (danger to an individual) mandates the - legally required - reporting of the situation to secular authorities.

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