Rabbi Barry Starr of Sharon, Massachusetts paid hundreds of thousands to cover up affair with male minor
Starr allegedly paid Zemeitus nearly half a million dollars — taken from synagogue funds and borrowed from his congregants. Much of the money came from the rabbi’s discretionary fund, including checks altered by the rabbi. Starr also borrowed thousands of dollars from an elderly congregant, a Holocaust survivor. [..]
Authorities have found no evidence that Starr
had sex with minors, according to the Globe. Starr was charged last year
with larceny and embezzlement. He pleaded not guilty and is awaiting
trial.
Starr, a married father of two, is credited
with expanding the congregation he served for 28 years to over 600
families. He has served on the Rabbinic Cabinet of the Jewish
Theological Seminary and as president of the Massachusetts Board of
Rabbis, as well as the region’s Rabbinical Assembly.
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