Brooklyn Rabbi Arrested in Beverly Hills on Sexual Abuse Charges after Man Comes Forward to Allege Abuse When He Was 14-Years-Old

By Rocco Parascandola
The New York Daily News
October 30, 2013

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/bklyn-rabbi-arrested-beverly-hills-sex-abuse-charges-article-1.1501459

Brooklyn Rabbi, Menachem Tewel, 30, was arrested in Beverly Hills after a former student of his came forward to allege sexual abuse.

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Beverly Hills cops busted a New York rabbi this week on a sex abuse warrant for allegedly molesting a child for one year in the Chabad community in Brooklyn, police said Wednesday.

Rabbi Menachem Tewel, 30, was arrested Tuesday on accusations that he abused a boy between 2005 and 2006, cops said in a statement.

A 22-year-old man reported the abuse on Sept. 12, telling cops that Tewel performed oral sex on him beginning in July 2005 when he was 14, police sources said.

Tewel, who was 22-years-old at the time, was his religious advisor.

Tewel sexually abused the victim on numerous dates and times at different locations in Tewel's car until June 2006, in Brooklyn, the sources said.

The last time it allegedly happened was inside Tewel's car on Schenectady Ave. between Maple St. and Rutland Rd. in Prospect Lefferts-Gardens.

The victim didn’t report the abuse until now because he was unsure if he should, the sources said.

The statute of limitations for charging a person with sexual abuse expires when the victim hits 23-years-old.

By the time the man reported the alleged abuse, Tewel was living in Beverly Hills, police sources said.

Brooklyn prosecutors obtained an indictment on Oct. 22 for criminal sex act and sex abuse charges. An arrest warrant was issued.

An extradition hearing will be taking place in approximately seven days. Once indicted, Brooklyn authorities will be escorting Tewel back to New York.