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	Senate Votes to Lift Time Limit for Filing Sexual Abuse Charge By Yael Eftar YNet News [Israel] May 26, 2006 http://ncrnews.org/cgi-bin/mt.cgi?__mode=view&_type=entry&blog_id=8 [partial text from Abuse Tracker] Yaakov Ner-David, who founded the Bayit Chadash community six years ago in Jaffa, said of co-founder and suspected sexual offender Rabbi Mordechai Gafni, "For years we supported him despite the allegations, but know we know the truth. This was a blow to many people." Last week it was reported that three young Israeli women in their twenties filed a complaint with Haifa police against Gafni, claiming he sexually harassed them during Torah lessons conducted at his Jaffa center. Gafni fled the country for the US following the report, but left a letter in which he apologized to the women and his followers. Two American women later came fourth claiming they too had been abused by Gafni, who now stands accused of rape and sexual misconduct, when they were still minors. Bayit Chadash Director Or Zohar said, "I protected Gafni and forgave him for verbally assaulting and manipulating me, because I thought to myself that although he is not perfect he does do good in this world.
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