Thursday, July 23, 2015
A pamphlet claims there is a conspiracy to sexually abuse Jewish children in Jerusalem
Is religion doing enough to root out abuse?
From when Karen Morgan was 12, until
she was well into her teens, she was sexually abused by her uncle - a
ministerial servant with the Jehovah's Witnesses.
He would go upstairs, on the premise that he was saying a prayer with his niece, then sexually abuse her.
Now in her 30s, Karen wasn't understood when she first told her parents what her uncle, Mark Sewell, was doing.
Sewell was also the son of a trusted older member of the local Jehovah's Witnesses congregation, known as an elder.
Christian churches, as well as other religions, have faced claims of child abuse.
But what is striking about the Jehovah's Witnesses is their explicit policy of dealing with abuse in-house.
Because
of their practice of following the Bible literally, they insist there
must be two witnesses to a crime, often not the case in child abuse
cases.
However, in Karen's case a second witness did come
forward: Wendy, a family friend and fellow member of the Barry
congregation in south Wales. She had been raped by the same man.
When she reported the crime to elders, Wendy was made to describe it in minute detail to a group of older men.
Later, she had to give her account again in the same room as Sewell.
Afterwards, the elders told her that as it was only her account against that of Sewell, nothing more could be done.
This
bringing together of the accused and the accuser in a "judicial
committee" is a common feature of Jehovah's Witnesses' justice.
Karen, still a teenager at the time, was put through the process.
The elders also ruled that their separate accusations didn't constitute the required two witnesses.
Despite a pattern of predatory sexual behaviour, it took more than two decades to bring Wendy and Karen's abuser to justice.
His punishment from the Jehovah's Witnesses? There wasn't one. [...]
Jehovah's Witnesses are not the only religious organisation to try to deal with allegations of sexual abuse in-house.
For
many decades, that was the preferred method of the Roman Catholic
Church, which has since reformed its child safeguarding policies
following numerous court cases in the US and Europe against priests for
the sexual abuse of children.
Other churches have also tightened up their child safeguarding policies, with the Methodist Church conducting its own recent inquiry into abuse allegations dating back to 1950.
That inquiry has led to calls for the Church of England to hold a fresh internal inquiry of
its own, separately from the overarching national public inquiry that
has just begun, and from the investigation it published in 2010, which
critics termed inadequate.
However, it is the more closed
religious communities and new religious movements where it remains
hardest for the victims of such abuse to speak out and gain access to
secular justice, although awareness of the issue is growing.
Only
this month, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish scholar from Manchester - who fled
to Israel after he was exposed as a paedophile - was jailed for 13 years.
Todros Grynhaus was deported by the Israeli authorities to face
justice in the UK, with his conviction for sex offences against girls
leading to a change in attitudes in the Haredi Jewish community.
The case prompted the UK's Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, to urge members to report child sex abuse.
The
court had heard that both women who testified against Grynhaus in the
case had been "ostracised" by their community as a result of speaking
out about their ordeal. [...]
Aish HaTorah vs Yaakov Fetman: Questioning the accuracy of the Lipnitsky Accountant Report
Includes the following documents:
2. Transcript of Lipnitsky's deposition - in which he states hundreds of times "I Don't remember", "I took no notes", There was no report"...
Aish and their attorney fought in court not to divulge the purported forensic report that Rabbi Cohen stated he saw and relied on that report for his award of $20,000,000
3. A decision from Justice Demarest dated April 25 2015 compelling Aish to show Fetman that forensic report. The Judge noticed that the report was dated December 17th 2013, well after the last session with Rabbi Cohen and was incredulous to hear that Fetman never received this report prior to Rabbi Cohen issuing his decision and award on December 17th. Lipnitsky also admitted discussing this case with Rabbi Cohen the evening before he issued the report, against all common practice that no discussions shall take place Ex Parte.
There are major errors and mistakes in the purported report - some of which are stated below:
Lipnitsky report
Exhibit 1 summarizes his findings - between the years 2006 - 2013
1. Unauthorized compensation - $174,202
2. Funds deposited into Unauthorized bank accounts: $ 1,697,523
3. Credit Card charges Personal - $ 462,787
4. Other $16,700
Total: $2,351,211 (This is the figure that they made to match R. Cohen's reference when he states that the report claims that $2.4 million stolen from Aish. Also note that the report is dated December 17, when the psak itself was already faxed over December the 16th - based on R' Cohen fax date stamp)
Issues with the report:
2006-2013
1. Unauthorized compensation states that two schools were paid as a part of Allowable Compensation
Masores BY - report claim $ 161,942 however - as can be learned from the school's report (attached)
$131,473 was paid (difference of $30,469)
Tiferes Yisroel - Lipnitsky report claims $ 94,242 however as can be seen from the school's report (attached) only $ 58,403 was paid (difference of $ 35,839)
Additionally, Health insurance premiums, totaling $ 95,733 were NOT a part of the compensation but an added benefit.
Fetman's compensation 2006-2011 did NOT stay the same but was increased annually. 2012 - 2013 was $135,000 and not $125,000 as it shows on the report
Therefore - there is no basis to the claim of unauthorized compensation.
2. Lipnitsky's report refers to a total of seven bank accounts as "Unauthorized bank accounts"
Project Inspire (Bank of America X4050) total deposited $1,200,052
Tomchei Torah (Bank of American X4322) total deposited $ 262,923
Jewish Speakers Group (Bank of America X8362) total deposited $ 64,581
Ahavas Israel (Bank of America X4513) Total deposited $ 4,975
Three other account are referenced -
Aish International - depositing funds totaling $ 139,967 into Merkaz account (Bank of America X5468)
Aish Missouri - depositing funds totaling $ 15,025 into Merkaz account (Bank of America X5468)
and Aish Center - depositing funds totaling $10,000 into Merkaz account (Bank of America X5468)
the last three entities (Aish International, aish MO and Aish Center) are separate and distinct 501c3 organizations, with their own board, management teams and accounting departments. These entities are NOT under Fetman's control and never were. Its misleading and a complete falsehood to report these transactions as if they had anything to do with Aish NY. Certainly, Mr. Lipnitsky never even attempted to contact them as he stated in his deposition.
Project Inspire and Tomchei Torah are their own entities - Project Inspire was ALWAYS under Aish International (certificate of Incorporation attached) had its own staff, address, board of directors and fundraising and accounting systems. Lipnitsky's letter refers to email dialog between Greenman and Yossi Friedman, the director of Project Inspire, requesting that Inspire pay more money towards Fetman's compensation - clearly, Inspire is NOT under or a part of Aish NY.
Greenman claims that these accounts were 'unauthorized' yet clearly he knows and agrees to have Project Inspire use accounting services provided by Fetman. Greenman's claims that the Project Inspire bank account was unauthorized - is unbelievable - how else can checks made out to Project Inspire be able to be deposited ?
THE MOST EGREGIOUS OMISSION IS THAT IN THE LETTER LIPNISKY ACKNOWLEDGES CONFIRMING THAT APPROXIMATELY $450,000 WAS DEPOSITED BACK IN AISH ACCOUNT FROM MERKAZ, HOWEVER THE REPORT FAILS TO DEDUCT THAT AMOUNT FROM THE $2.35 MILLION REPORTED.
3. Credit Cards transactions reported to Lipnitsky by Aish as Personal - a total of $ 462,787
The report claims that EVERY charge at Staples was personal - approx. $200K over the 8 years! Likewise, charges from T-Mobile, Mountain Fruit, Home Depot, Lowes, Costco local coffee shops etc. are all marked as personal. Fetman NEVER had an account with T-Mobile only with Sprint and those transactions were authorized by others as legitimate aish expenses and not a part of Fetman's compensation.
Specific business transactions, such as over 10,000 dollars copier lease expenses charged by De Lage Landen, were marked as personal expenses. See lease attached.
Simcha Kosher Caterers, which was an Aish caterer for an event in Austen Texas, were marked personal as well.
Fetman was personally in charge of all purchases, and Aish staff constantly used Fetman's credit cards to have with them while on Aish run trips and student meetings. Many times staff meetings at local restaurants and eateries were charged to Fetman's credit card by staff.
As much of the documentation is not available to us, we can not comment on the amex transactions. One credit card - Aish Plum card - which Lipnitsky's report claims to have $147,919 personal charges 2010 thru 2013 was analyzed and concluded to have a total charges of $585,400. When deducting returns and refunds of $16,755 and legitimate Aish NY business transactions of $558,827, only $9817 of personal charges over the 4 year period exist.
4. Other Fetman Expenses:
$6700 over 2006 - 2013 Insurance payments to William Penn were authorized and not a part of Fetman's compensation.
Conclusion:
Lipnitsky's report which spans 8 years, and reports finding $2.35 million is a gross and malignant painting of the actual information. Even according to his own findings, its actually $1,900,000 (2.35 mil less than the $450K found returned to Aish). Even if we take 1.9 mil over 8 years and project to 17 years the total would be approximately $4 million - no where near $20 million. However - as stated, the 'unauthorized accounts' were fully authorized and fully scrutinized by Project Inspire and Greenman, so the 1.9 mil is no where near that amount.
Rav Belsky's Beis Din Issues Siruv against Aish HaTorah New York
Background - this is related to the alleged embezzlement of $20 million from Aish HaTorah by Yaakov Fetman. That case was arbitrated by Rav Dovid Cohen who ruled in favor of Aish HaTorah. Fetman refused to comply with Rav Dovid Cohen's ruling. Aish HaTorah went to secular court to recover the money - and the secular court supported Rav Cohen's ruling. The following link provides detailed legal documents regarding the matter and clearly supports the position of Aish HaTorah
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Legal Documents regarding this case
http://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2015/2015_50997.htm
http://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/motions/2015/2015_78427.htm
type aish hatorah Fetman in search window
http://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/lawReporting/Search http://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/motions/2015/2015_78427.htm
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Forward $20M Charity Embezzlement Case Shows Power of Rabbinic Courts
In late December 2013, a prominent Brooklyn rabbi made an eye-popping ruling in his rabbinic court: The former chief financial officer of an Orthodox charity called Aish Hatorah New York owed the charity $20 million that he had allegedly stolen.
That startling sum amounted to roughly three times the charity’s annual budget, or more than five times the charity’s net assets. If the former CFO, Jacob Fetman, actually took that much from Aish, it would amount to the largest Jewish charity fraud in recent memory.
What followed the ruling was legal pandemonium, in the form of a year and a half of battles that moved into the secular court system. In the meantime, in December 2014, Brooklyn’s district attorney filed criminal charges against Fetman, alleging that he had embezzled funds from the charity — though the DA charged that he had taken $236,000; a significant sum, to be sure, but a mere fraction of the rabbinic court’s ruling. Fetman has pleaded not guilty to this criminal charge. [...]
The Aish case was seen before Rabbi Dovid Cohen, a highly respected religious scholar who leads Congregation Gvul Yaabetz in Brooklyn.
The decisions of rabbinical courts, like those of any arbitrator, are difficult to amend or reverse in civil courts. In New York, state law allows arbitration awards to be overturned only in cases of corruption, fraud or partiality by the arbitrator, among a handful of other narrow reasons.
“It’s not exactly a rubber stamp, but it’s a pretty flexible stamp,” Resnicoff said. [...]
In late December 2013, Aish Hatorah filed in New York State Supreme Court in Brooklyn to enforce the rabbi’s judgment. A judge ruled largely in the charity’s favor in September 2014, upping the judgment to $21.4 million to include interest. Fetman’s attorneys immediately said that they intended to appeal the ruling; those papers are due in late June. In the meantime, the two sides have continued to fight before the original civil court judge, as Fetman’s lawyers have petitioned her to rehear the case. Decisions on at least one of those petitions are still pending. [...]
Rav Dovid Cohen's letter just received regarding this case
Rav Dovid Cohen's letter just received regarding this case
Email sent by the Director General of Aish HaTorah
From: Steven Burg
Date: 20 July 2015 03:26:11 BST
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: Fwd: HaRav Dovid Cohen on Aish NY vs. Fetman case
Dear Aish Team,
In response to the many emails that are going around concerning a siruv regarding Aish NY:;
Aish NY's former CFO, who left in 2013, has lost in beis din after admitting guilt and then lost in US Supreme Court of Kings County and very recently lost again on his appeal to retry the case [google: NY Law Journal article] It seems he is now attempting to retry matters of the case in another beis din.
Enclosed, please find a letter from Rav Dovid Cohen expressing his thoughts on another beis din attempting to retry matters.
Below you can see a general outline of the case put together by Aish NY. If anyone receiving this email feels the need, for any reason, please call HaRav Dovid Cohen to verify this yourself.
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Aish HaTorah Responds to Inquiries Regarding New York State Supreme Court’s Decision Confirming Arbitration Award and Indictment of Former CFO
--Organization pursuing all means of collecting judgment against Jacob Fetman; Remains focused on its mission to reintroduce Jews to their heritage—
New York, New York, July 19, 2015 -- In response to another attempt made by Aish HaTorah NY's former CFO to retry a case that has already been decided, Rabbonim and attorneys have advised Aish HaTorah NY not to respond to old allegations in a new beis din.
For further clarification: Aish HaTorah NY, a non-profit organization dedicated to reintroducing Jews to their heritage, confirms that on September 29, 2014, Justice Carolyn Demarest of the New York State Supreme Court, Kings County, granted Aish HaTorah NY’s petition to confirm an arbitration award against Jacob Fetman. Mr. Fetman previously served as chief financial officer of Aish HaTorah NY for 17 years. His employment was terminated in October 2013 upon discovery that he had stolen considerable sums of money from the organization during his tenure.
Subsequent to Mr. Fetman’s termination, Aish HaTorah NY and Mr. Fetman mutually agreed to resolve the matter through Rabbinic arbitration, which is binding in the State of New York. Based on the findings of a forensic accountant and other evidence, the arbitrator ruled on December 17, 2013 that Mr. Fetman owes Aish HaTorah NY $20 million. In his written ruling, the arbitrator, Rav Dovid Cohen, advised the parties that “all properties and entities that can be traced, that they belong or are controlled by Mr. Fetman can be confiscated by Aish HaTorah” in satisfaction of the ruling.
Mr. Fetman refused to adhere to the arbitrator’s ruling, in turn prompting Aish HaTorah NY to seek and now receive affirmation of the ruling by the New York Supreme Court, Kings County.
A spokesperson for Aish HaTorah NY said, “We presented indisputable evidence before an arbitrator and the New York State Supreme Court, including an admission of guilt, that Mr. Fetman stole considerable sums of money from the organization. We have now received affirmation of the arbitrator’s award and will pursue all available legal remedies to collect the judgment against Mr. Fetman.”
In addition to seeking legal recourse against Mr. Fetman, Aish HaTorah NY’s Board of Directors engaged the law firm of Patterson Belknap to conduct an independent investigation of the organization’s internal policies, procedures and controls, which have since been bolstered to exceed regulatory requirements, in order to prevent the organization from being victimized in a similar manner in the future.
On December 4, 2014 Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced that Mr. Fetman was indicted for embezzling money from Aish HaTorah NY.
The Board of Directors of Aish NY have said that “We are pleased that the New York State Supreme Court has affirmed the arbitrator’s decision and will pursue all available legal remedies to recoup the organization’s money. While the Board actively addresses this matter, we want to assure everyone that Aish HaTorah NY is committed to ensuring that its mission – which is dedicated to revitalizing the Jewish world by reintroducing Jews to their heritage through a dynamic and rapidly expanding social and educational network committed to a worldwide renaissance of the Jewish people – is always conducted with honesty and integrity, maintaining the highest values internally, just as it tries to promote these values in those it seeks to guide. It should be further noted that all actions taken by Aish HaTorah NY and its board of directors have been taken after consultation with Rabbinic authorities and we are following Rabbinic guidance in proceeding forward."
Warm regards,
Steve Burg
Director General - Mankal
Aish HaTorah
One Western Wall Plaza
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Dear Rabbi Eidensohn, I am lost here. Are you seriously bringing Rabbi Beslky's Beis Din as an authority? Do you believe that Rabbi Belsky's Beis Din can be viewed as a Beis Din that follows the halacha - not emotion - at all times?
It is important to note:
1) that Rabbi Belsky, in 2004, declared himself as the "Ave Beis Din of Brooklyn" when he attempted to nullify a marriage on what the major poskim termed "laughable grounds".
2) Rabbi Belsky was recorded saying that he permitted Avraham Rubin to be beaten, in Avraham Rubin's absence and Avraham Rubin never agreed to hav Rabbi Belsky, Mordy Wollmark, Medel Epstein and Aryeh Ralbag serve as dayanim for him.
3) Rav Elyashiv said that he permitted married women (women without a valid get) to cohabit with, or marry, other men making their children mamzeirim.
4) Rabbi Belsky is known to be a deeply emotional person with a terrible temper. Can a tempersome person be a dayan?
5) Rabbi Belsky holds the dishonorable distinction of being on Rav Pam's dislike list and it is claimed that they wouldn't even greet each other with a "Good Shabbos", despite the fact that they both worked together in Torah V'daas.
6) Rabbi Belsky's judgment in coming to defense of Dovid Weinberger was highly, and publicly, criticized by the rabbonim of the Five Towns. Can His judgment ever be trusted on its own?
7) Do any of the "dayanim" on Rabbi Belsky's Beis Din have semicha from anyone other than Rabbi Belsky? If so, from whom?
Please excuse me if I misunderstood the post over here.
Aish HaTorah case: In defense of Yaakov Fetman
It is very important is to state that R' Belsky Siruv against Aish has NOTHING to do with Yaakov Fetman's case... Aish is just trying to besmirch Fetman so people will not read that the Siruv is against them for a case brought by someone else all together.
Furthermore he states that Rav Dovid Cohen was never a part of any proceedings with Shmuel Lefkowitz and in fact stated that he HAS NO BAIS DIN and never sat to Bais Din of three dayanim!
Finally I am shocked that people 'trash' R' Belsky - I think its really incredible and unbelievable and shows the depths Aish could sink to. I for one would like to make a 'Mechaa' for this chillul HaShem.
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With regards to the allegations against Jacob Fetman, an attorney familiar with the case points out that Justice Demarest in her decision to confirm Rabbi Cohen's award of $20,000,000 (twenty million dollars), made it clear that she did not review the merits of the case - her focus was to confirm or reject this award. As it is the public policy in NY state to uphold arbitration awards and because of the fact that there were no transcripts of the arbitration sessions (4 sessions totaling 140 minutes) she had no choice but to confirm the award - despite her reservations about Fetman's allegations of the many violations of his Due Process. For example, in court it was acknowledged that a forensic report, which R' Cohen bases his award on, was never provided to Fetman and in fact, once the judge ordered Aish to produce it (April 25, 2015 - almost 18 months after the award was issued), it was found to be dated AFTER the last session and on the date of the AWARD. Clearly, there was no chance for Fetman to dispute any of its 'findings'.
It is note worthy that a criminal complaint which was alleged by Aish against Jacob Fetman is still pending in Brooklyn Supreme court for the alleged theft of $236,000 over five years - Mr. Fetman plead Not Guilty to this allegation and a trial is pending.
While Aish is a wonderful organization, with a very important mission, in court papers it was alleged by Fetman that executive compensation was substantially under reported and disguised as activities. Rabbi Greenman's compensation over 2012 reported as (aish 990 filing) $101,409 taxable income and an additional $94,000 non taxable income was in fact almost double that. David Markowitz's taxable compensation of $62,500 with an additional $50,000 non taxable compensation was in fact about $150,000. 2013 reported income for Rabbi Greenman was $118,310 taxable and combined compensation (with non taxable compensation) $216,929. Aish chose not to divulge any other executive compensation.
If the allegation against Fetman is correct - Aish NY, an organization with an internal budget of about $3 million dollars annually could have not "noticed" that $1.2 million annually was being stolen from it?? Why is it that Aish will not submit to examination of the 'forensic report' - what was the rush to issue an award when an attorney intervened on behalf of Fetman?
See attached Justice Demarest's decision that Aish must produce the 'forensic report' to Fetman - when it was acknowledged that Fetman never received it. The award was issued 12/17/2013 - This decision by the court is 4/25/2015.
See the attached DA statement - Aish NY used Fetman and Merkaz the Center as a funnel to transfer monies from Project Inspire to Aish NY. Hundreds of thousand of dollars were transferred this way.
Lastly, see Dan Stein's (Fetman's original attorney and now the Chief of the Criminal Division at the US attorney General's Office NY Western District) letter to R' Cohen right after the award was issued and another letter to Mel Zachter, a noted accountant who agreed to examine the 'forensic report' but Aish never agreed.
This case is about blackmail.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Leukemia Charity Spent Less Than 1% of Donations on Patients, Suit Says
ABC News
On Monday, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman
and his office filed a lawsuit in state Supreme Court against the
National Children's Leukemia Foundation as well as its founder, Steve
Shor, who allegedly pocketed more than $1 million in salary and perks
while running the Brooklyn-based charity out of the basement of his
home.
In court documents, investigators accused the
organization of using "false and misleading materials to solicit and
collect millions of dollars from individuals and businesses all over the
country" since at least 2009.
Schneiderman said despite what professional telemarketers told
unsuspecting donors, the foundation did not have a bone marrow registry,
an umbilical cord blood bank or a cancer research center and it had not fulfilled the wishes of sick children since 2009.
Of the nearly $13 million that the foundation raised between April 2009
and March 2013, court papers said, less than 1 percent of the monies was
spent on young patients and "at most" 6 percent on its programs. In
court papers, investigators accused the foundation of not being a "large
and effective organization" as it presented itself to the office's
Charities Bureau, but a "one-man operation .... with three respondents
rubber-stamping Shor's decisions."
"If you're going to raise funds for children for what may be their last
wish, you better make sure you provide it," said Jim Sheehan of the
office's Charities Bureau.[...]
Steve Shor told ABC News today that the attorney general's accusations have "little merit."
"Our small organization helped many families over the past 20 years,"
Steve Shor said in a statement. "I launched NCLF after the death of my
teenage son to leukemia. I personally took no salary for over eight
years. I wanted to help as many families as I could who had children
suffering from cancer."
"We feel we are being used as an 'example' due to the telemarketing
fundraising laws and fundraising market over which we have no control.
Our fundraising contracts were all filed with the attorney general who
has long known their terms. We expect to be vindicated in court when the
full story is explained," Steve Shor said.
Rabbi Yaakov Deutsch, from Afula, sentenced to 9 years for sexually abusing 4 teenagers
A Nazareth Court sentenced Rabbi Yaakov Deutsch from Afula to nine years in prison on Wednesday, after he was convicted on charges of sexual abuse against four teenagers - two boys and two girls - whom he taught.
Deutsch was also sentenced with paying a 290,000 shekel ($75,895) fine.
The full seriousness of Deutsch's actions were examined in the court hearing for the sentencing, and the verdict condemned Deutsch's acts and motives.
Regarding the testimony of one victim, "it was wrong to think that the accused has the power to 'cure' her, and he even made her believe that the relationship between him and her is an 'instruction from above,'" the verdict stated, noting that the rabbi was using religion as a front for the abuse.
"These acts began when she was about 15-years-old - young and vulnerable - and caused her great confusion as to the morality of the conjugal visits with the accused in light of her haredi education," it continued. "Between the two there was an ongoing relationship [...] in flagrant violation of the trust of the complainant and the accused, and despite her young age." [...]
A Nazareth Court sentenced Rabbi Yaakov Deutsch from Afula to nine years in prison on Wednesday, after he was convicted on charges of sexual abuse against four teenagers - two boys and two girls - whom he taught.
Deutsch was also sentenced with paying a 290,000 shekel ($75,895) fine.
The full seriousness of Deutsch's actions were examined in the court hearing for the sentencing, and the verdict condemned Deutsch's acts and motives.
Regarding the testimony of one victim, "it was wrong to think that the accused has the power to 'cure' her, and he even made her believe that the relationship between him and her is an 'instruction from above,'" the verdict stated, noting that the rabbi was using religion as a front for the abuse.
"These acts began when she was about 15-years-old - young and vulnerable - and caused her great confusion as to the morality of the conjugal visits with the accused in light of her haredi education," it continued. "Between the two there was an ongoing relationship in flagrant violation of the trust of the complainant and the accused, and despite her young age." [..]
The court also rejected the defense's arguments that the accused were exploiting his status; the court noted that his actions dealt a severe and incontrovertible blow to the dignity, liberty, and physical and mental well-being of the complainants.[...]
Rav Dovid Eidensohn: Telephone Conference #12 The Rights of Parents and Children in a Divorce - Wed night July 22 9:30 PM
Shiur Telephone Even Hoezer #12 – Rights of Parents and
Children in a Divorce
- Call 605-562-3130 then enter code 411161#
1.
We know that there are
discussions on the rights of a husband or wife in a GET divorce. Here we want
to discuss the rights of a parent when the child seeks a divorce, and the right
of the children when the parents seek a divorce.
2.
Let us begin by stating
that the divorce of a child or a parent is a devastating thing. That is, when a
person or couple want a divorce, this causes great pain to the parents of the
couple and their children. Regardless of whether or not this pain has its own
specific halacha, it is real. That is, a parent, even if we ignore the mitsvah
of honoring a parent, has something to say about a divorcing child, simply
because of the agony produced. [...]
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