AUSTRALIA
The Australian
Adass Israel School principal Malka Leifer helped by officials to flee from student sex abuse claims
SHANNON DEERY NEWS LIMITED MAY 08, 2015
AN ultra orthodox Jewish principal fled to Israel under the cover of night with the help of school officials after she was publicly accused of molesting students, a court has heard.
Just days after one of Malka Leifer’s victims first spoke out about the ongoing abuse at the Adass Israel School in Elsternwick the principal boarded an early-morning flight to Israel.
Members of a committee closely linked with the school helped organise the tickets after a decision was made to sack Mrs Leifer.
Travel agent Tammy Konisarski told the Supreme Court today she was asked to arrange urgent tickets about 10pm on March 5, 2008.
She said she was told “people have to go to Israel urgently.”
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