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	Rabbi Guilty of Flight Grope By Mitchel Maddux New York Post May 6, 2011 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/rabbi_guilty_of_flight_grope_7C7lJAbMQbkmHR0z7v4j1H An Orthodox rabbi was found guilty yesterday of groping a female Israel Defense Forces officer during a trans-Atlantic flight aboard a commercial jetliner bound for New York. Gavriel Bidany, 48, a married father of 11 children, was traveling on a Delta flight from Tel Aviv and seated next to the young woman, who had fallen asleep. The woman had testified in Brooklyn federal court that she awoke to find the man's hand massaging her crotch and then her breasts. After she accused him of molesting her, the rabbi pretended to be dozing and feigned innocence, the woman testified. Magistrate Judge Ramon Reyes Jr., said he found the woman's testimony to be "compelling and wholly believable." Bidany, an Israeli national, faces up to six months in jail when he is sentenced next Thursday.
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