Police: East Brunswick rabbi charged with 12 counts of sex assault on a child

NEW JERSEY
NJ.com

By Anthony G. Attrino/NJ.com
on January 09, 2013

EAST BRUNSWICK – A rabbi who runs a community services program on Lexington Avenue has been arrested and charged with sex crimes that occurred nearly 12 years ago when he was a camp counselor in Pennsylvania, authorities said.

Aryeh Goodman, 30, was arrested Jan. 4 and charged with 12 counts of indecent assault of a person less than 13 years of age – a sex crime categorized as a first-degree misdemeanor, said Trooper Adam Reed of the Pennsylvania State Police.

Goodman is director of Chabbad of East Brunswick, which focuses on educating children.

State police said the assault occurred on June 1, 2001 in Lackawaxen Township, which is in Pike County, Pa.

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