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  Probation for Molestor

Philadelphia Daily News
September 20, 2006

http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/news/nation/15561105.htm

The former cantor of a New York City synagogue was placed on probation in connection with sexual assaults on a young boy during the 1990s in Lower Merion Township.

Yesterday, however, Montgomery County Judge Paul W. Tressler ordered Howard Nevison to visit a New York prison to get a clear understanding of what awaits him should he violate his 12-year probation.

Nevison, 65, the popular cantor at the 10,000-member Temple Emanu-El on Manhattan's Upper East Side, was ordered to have no contact with children under 12.

The judge said probation was a standard sentence for a person without a prior criminal offense. He said Nevison had been "a perfect citizen" before the criminal case and posed little threat to the community.

 
 

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