NY--Prosecutor seeks info on rabbi

By Mary Caplan
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
June 3, 2015

http://www.snapnetwork.org/ny_prosecutor_seeks_info_on_rabbi

We’re grateful that Bronx prosecutors are using their bully pulpit to beg possible victims of a rabbi to come forward. At the same time, we’re disappointed in synagogue officials who are selfishly acting timid and callous.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/nyregion/rabbi-rosenblatt-bronx-prosecutors-ask-people-to-come-forward.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news   

Rabbi Rosenblatt of Riverdale Jewish Center is accused of taking “young congregants to a gym to play squash or racquetball and then to the shower, and, often naked, to the sauna or hot tub.” Some of the boys, now grown, said that he “gawked at their naked bodies, or would often rest a hand on a clothed leg during one-on-one nighttime chats at the rabbi’s house.”

We urge anyone with information or suspicions about Rosenblatt to call law enforcement authorities – not synagogue staff – right away.

Finally, shame on Rosenblatt for attacking his accusers and their alleged motives. We see predators doing this all the time – impugning the intentions of those who expose their misdeeds. Rosenblatt has no idea why some are accusing him and speculating about what drives them will only deter others who have seen, suspected or suffered sexual misconduct from speaking up.

Rosenblatt can defend himself without assailing others. That’s what he should do.