AUSTRALIA
Haaretz
A defamation suit launched by a senior Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi has been settled following a public apology by the founder of a victims’ advocate group.
Rabbi Abraham Glick was questioned by police in December 2013 regarding claims he sexually abused a student in the 1970s when he was deputy principal of Yeshivah College in Melbourne.
Glick vehemently denied the allegations but was suspended from his position pending the inquiry. In February, police closed the case, saying they could not authorize charges due to “insufficient evidence.”
As part of Friday’s settlement, Manny Waks, the chief executive of Tzedek, the advocacy group for Jewish victims, apologized “unreservedly” for posting comments on the Internet.
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