UNITED KINGDOM
Manchester Evening News
Paedophile Jewish scholar left victims terrified after campaign of sexual abuse – and tried to flee to Israel to escape prosecution
CHRIS OSUH
Todros Grynhaus was told by the judge he took “cynical advantage” of his young victims vulnerability
A religious scholar who fled to Israel after he was exposed as a paedophile was branded an ‘utter hypocrite’ as he was jailed for over 13 years.
Todros Grynhaus fled Manchester in February 2013 and tried to exploit Israel’s ‘Law of Return’ to get citizenship and escape prosecution here.
But in a landmark ruling top judges in Israel, where he arrived with false papers, rejected his case and deported him back to the UK to face justice in September last year.
His conviction for sex offences against girls in Greater Manchester has led to a change in attitudes in the Haredi Jewish community, the court heard, and prompted the country’s chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, to urge members to report child sex abuse.
As the son of rabbi, a teacher of scripture, a successful businessman and father-of-ten, Grynhaus enjoyed high standing in Salford’s tight-knit ultra-Orthodox community.
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