AUSTRALIA
Haaretz (Israel)
SYDNEY – A former Chabad-Lubavitch youth leader in Melbourne accused of child sex crimes has been found dead in a suspected suicide on Thursday, triggering acrimonious accusations that “community vigilantes,” “thugs” and those who conducted “trial by media” have “blood on their hands.”
The body of Aron “Ezzy” Kestecher, 28, was found in his apartment on Thursday.
Kestecher was accused of multiple allegations of child sex abuse against minors and was due to face court in June, police confirmed on Friday.
Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant visited family and friends on Thursday. “I provided a measure of support and comfort to his family members and his close friends, as well as the first responders to this most tragic of events.”
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