CONNECTICUT
JTA
(JTA) — A former student of a Connecticut rabbi has claimed the Orthodox leader and yeshiva principal raped and molested him hundreds of times.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court, Eliyahu Mirlis, 28, accused Rabbi Daniel Greer of sexually abusing him at a Jewish boarding school in New Haven from 2001 to 2005, The Associated Press reported.
Greer did not return the AP’s messages seeking comment Monday and Tuesday. His lawyer, William Ward, said the rabbi denies the allegations and he asked the public to withhold judgment until evidence is presented.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. Other defendants besides Greer are the Yeshiva of New Haven, a boys high school, and The Gan School, a coed elementary school Greer leads. The lawsuit also accuses Greer, now 75, of sexually abusing at least one other boy at the boarding school.
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