More than two decades after publication of allegations that Rabbi Baruch Lanner abused teens in his charge for more than 30 years, four of his victims are seeking their day in court.
The
four women, now middle aged and older, filed a lawsuit today with the
Superior Court of New Jersey in Middlesex County against Lanner, the
Orthodox Union and the National Conference of Synagogue Youth, the OU’s
youth arm, where Lanner was a top official.
It
is believed to be the first such legal action taken against the
Orthodox organizations as a result of the scandal involving Lanner, 72,
who was forced to resign days after The Jewish Week published in 2000 an
investigation that detailed charges against him by more than a dozen
former NCSY members.
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