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BROOKLYN (WABC) — A rabbi who used to work in Brooklyn was arrested in California Tuesday over allegations of child sex abuse in our area.
Rabbi Menachem Tewel is expected to return to Brooklyn as early as Wednesday to face a series of criminal sex act charges.
He was taken into custody by police at the JEM Center, a Jewish youth community center on Santa Monica Boulevard in Beverly Hills, where he now works.
The Kings County District Attorney’s Office confirmed that an arrest warrant was issued earlier this month for 30-year-old Rabbi Tewel.
“Mendel Tevel has been accused by many people of being a child molester,” said Ilanit Gluckosky, of Jewish Community Watch, an organization that focuses on child abuse prevention. “It was brought to the attention of Jewish Community Watch.”
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