BEVERLY HILLS (CA)
CBS Los Angeles
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BEVERLY HILLS (CBSLA.com) — The arrest of a rabbi in Beverly Hills on sex abuse charges from New York City has shaken those at the community center where he worked.
KNX 1070′s Ed Mertz reports Menachem Tewel will go back to New York following his arrest at the JEM Community Center on Santa Monica Boulevard.
Tewel, 30, was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon on a warrant charging sexual abuse against four boys between 1995 and 2004.
“He will waive extradition and try to get back to New York as swiftly as possible,” attorney Dana Cole said.
JEM Community Center founder and director Rabbi Hertzel Illulian, who is also Tewel’s father-in-law, said the allegations were false.
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