NEW HAVEN (CT)
New Haven Independent
September 25, 2019
By Christopher Peak
Rabbi Daniel Greer, one of New Haven’s most prominent religious figures, was led out of a courtroom in handcuffs Wednesday afternoon after a jury found him guilty of four counts of risk of injury to a minor in a high-profile child-rape case.
Jurors reached that verdict just before noon after a weeklong criminal trial in Connecticut Superior Court on Church Street.
The state brought the case against Greer based on the testimony of Eliyahu Mirlis, who claimed that Greer repeatedly raped him when he was a student at Greer’s Yeshiva of New Haven on Elm Street, from 2002 to 2005. Mirlis previously won a $21 million civil suit against Greer.
The four risk of injury charges that each carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
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