NEW YORK
New York Daily News
BY MICHAEL O’KEEFFE / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
FRIDAY, JULY 12
Five more former Yeshiva University High students have stepped forward to say they were molested by staffers at the prestigious Jewish institution — just days after 19 other alumni filed a bombshell $380 million lawsuit that claims the school had covered up decades of sexual and physical abuse.
Attorney J. Michael Reck said he has been unable to reach a suitable settlement with Yeshiva University officials and that he is preparing to file a lawsuit on behalf of the five men.
“Institutions like Yeshiva University failed to put the safety of children ahead of their reputations,” Reck said.
Reck also represents a woman who says she was assaulted by a former YUHS principal, Rabbi George Finkelstein, during the 1990s after he became the dean of her Florida school.
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