WASHINGTON (DC)
NBC Washington
Prosecutors recommended a prominent Orthodox rabbi who pleaded guilty to 52 counts of voyeurism serve a 208-month sentence.
Bernard “Barry” Freundel is due in court for sentencing May 15.
In addition to his guilty plea, Freundel did not dispute prosecutors’ claims he taped an additional 100 women. He could not be charged in those cases because they happened earlier than the three-year statute of limitations.
The case stunned D.C.’s Orthodox community, particularly because the women were taped while taking ritual baths associated with rites of family purity and conversion at the National Capital Mikvah, a ritual bathhouse affiliated with Freundel’s former synagogue.
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