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	Prosecutors Seek Extradition of 'Rabbi' in 1984 Sex Abuse Case Newsday November 16, 2007 http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny—sexabuse-arrest1116nov16,0,3782886.story NEW YORK — A man accused of sexually abusing children in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn more than two decades ago has been taken into custody in Israel, authorities said Friday. U.S. officials said Abraham Mondrowitz, 60, described as a self-styled rabbi, was arrested under provisions in a new extradition treaty with Israel. "Immediately after a new treaty went into effect in January, we made an application for extradition and we are currently awaiting the outcome of that process," the Brooklyn District Attorney's office said in statement. "We are prepared to prosecute Mondrowitz, if and when he is brought back to this country." The Brooklyn prosecutors declined to detail the charges, saying an indictment handed up in 1984 was still under seal. A Justice Ministry spokesman in Israel confirmed Mondrowitz was awaiting a court appearance there, but gave further details. According to news accounts, Mondrowitz counseled children at an unlicensed clinic in his Brooklyn home during the 1980s. He fled to Israel after police alleged that he had abused a 10-year-old boy there. Though Mondrowitz called himself a rabbi, authorities and local officials in the mostly Orthodox section of Borough Park claim there was no evidence that he was ordained.
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