ISRAEL
Haaretz
By Oz Rosenberg
Prominent Rabbi Mordechai ‘Moti’ Elon denied on Sunday the charges against him that he sexually abused two male students.
Elon, until recently considered one of the spiritual leaders of religious Zionism, is the former head of Yeshivat HaKotel in Jerusalem, went on trial at Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in December last year on charges of forcible sexual assault against the two students, who had sought his emotional support.
Responding to the indictment against him, which details the charges of sexual assault against a 17-year-old male, identified as A., and another 17-year-old male identified as B, Elon said that his contact with the students was not sexual in nature.
According to Elon’s lawyer, meetings with A. and B. did not take place in the way that is presented by the prosecution.
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