NEW YORK
Jerusalem Post
By SAM SOKOL
04/07/2014
Member of ultra-Orthodox sect in New York is released from jail after serving sentence for attempting to buy silence of sexual abuse victim.
A hassidic man convicted of attempting to buy the silence of a victim of sexual abuse was given a hero’s welcome by the Satmar rabbi, the Failed Messiah blog reported.
Abraham Rubin, 50, a member of the Satmar hassidic (ultra-Orthodox) sect in Brooklyn, offered over half-a-million dollars to buy the silence of the unnamed victim. The minor’s testimony regarding repeated instances of sexual abuse helped secure the conviction of unlicensed therapist Nehemia Weberman.
The girl’s parents had sent her to Weberman for therapy sessions at the recommendation of her school.
According to the New York Daily News, the girl was referred to him for not meeting her sect’s strict modesty guidelines regarding dress code and for asking questions about the existence of God.
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