Israel Grants Residency Status to Rabbi Convicted of Child Sex Abuse

 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-07-07/ty-article/.premium/israel-grants-residency-status-to-rabbi-convicted-of-child-sex-abuse/00000181-d80b-d9a3-a3e1-fdbb8dc00000

In 2002, Lanner was convicted of sexually abusing two teenage girls who were students in the 1990s at the Hillel Yeshiva High School in Ocean Township, New Jersey, where he was principal [https://www.jta.org/2002/10/11/ny/lanner-gets-7-year-prison-term]. An appeals court later dismissed one of two child endangerment charges against him [https://www.jta.org/2005/02/18/ny/split-ruling-on-lanner-appeal]. He was sentenced to seven years in prison, served nearly three years and was released on parole in early 2008.