Brooklyn, NY – A Brooklyn Orthodox married teen, accompanied by his rabbi and a lawyer, surrendered today in the molestation of a youngster in the basement of a Borough Park synagogue.
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The teen, 19, was charged with unlawful imprisonment and child endangerment in the June 22 attack, authorities said.
The teen, dressed in traditional Hasidic attire, allegedly lured a 12-year-old boy walking home from school into Simcha Hall, in the basement of a synagogue at 15th Avenue and 50th Street, authorities said.
Once inside, the teen brought the boy into a basement bathroom and allegedly groped and molested the child over the course of an hour.
Let him get help he has a wife can’t put him away poor wife
Evidence?
No.
Is this man’s life ruined even if he is found innocent?
Yes.
Will anything happen to the accuser if he is found to be lying?
No.
The Judicial System of America is Dead.
B”H the system worked. I wish this had only been a practice case with no real victims. Now, it will be important to insure that no one interferes with the the case.
For those who might think otherwise, we are taught that, “אדם מועד לעולם”. If this individual had been an animal, he would already be judged as fully responsible, since he committed multiple offenses. על אחת כמה וכמה.
b”h our rabbis are faceing the reality!
b’h he surrendered now let’s hope he gets the help he needs.
A Brooklyn Orthodox married teen, accompanied by his rabbi and a lawyer, surrendered today in the molestation of a youngster in the basement of a Borough Park synagogue.
this is step forward for all
the molester gets off the street
the molested feels safer
By turning himself in hopefully the molester will maybe see jail time but more importantly shows he has remorse and hopefully will get the help he needs
If he did turn himself in that means he is open to help and then whatever help he gets has a better chance of working then if he was forced.
Not sure what led up to this but maybe he really had remorse and want to his Rebbie and said I want to turn myself in. Most likely
or
maybe he was forced by a rebbie or beis din also a step forward not as likely
Anyone knows who the rabbi was that accompanied him?
מפרסמין עושה מצוה
I can’t say I don’t feel bad for this young guy, his wife, parents and in laws, but this was the right thing to do.
Sounds to me like the young man recognized he has a problem and is anxious to be helped, realizing that just letting it get the better of him will lead to trouble and misery. The fact that he surrendered so quickly and efficiently (with rabbi and lawyer) rather than hiding with the hope of continuing to prey on innocent children is very revealing. And let’s keep in mind that chances are good he got this way by being molested himself as a child.
If my assessment is correct, incarceration is not warranted nor helpful. He needs help in overcoming his addiction.
Why does society single out molestation as one of the most evil of deeds ? are kids which where molested ruined for life ? do the molested becomes molesters ? if yes then perhaps this 19 year old was molested as a child now whom do we blame ?
end of all things people are quick on passing judgement with the intention of ruining someone elses life, do they hold themselves to the same standards in life ? do they treat their spouses, children, friends and strangers properly ensuring they don’t ruin someone elses day, week, month, year or life with their imperfect actions ?
Frankly I’ve seen enough of this anger, it’s time we deal with our issues with compassion with the intention of rehabilitation, for starters we can deal with our anger issue which no matter how acceptable I’m sure most of us are guilty of hurting others with our anger.
gentelmen, as a parent to a child that was molested by his cousin all i can tell you is if the guy did it he deserves every punishment availble, you have no idea what molestation does he has ruined my sons life for good, my son today is openly gay and not frum, so please stop having pitty on him or on his wife, have pitty on those young boys he was molesting and he should rot in jail
rachel and others . Dont be so stupid the boy and his rav knew the police are on his back they had a skatch and were going to catch him sooner than later they may have known his name already ….. He just tried getting a better deal by showing up him self….
Dear Rachel, incarceration is exactly what he needs. Facing the consequences and doing time gives a much higher likelihood that he will really think twice before acting again. My guess is that he was a victim of abuse or sexual assault in his younger years, and so the cycle goes. Not that being a victim ever allows anyone to victimize others. Sad thing is that parents marry off their children hoping that marriage will be their hospiatl/cure their ills…..
Turning himself in doesn’t necessarily mean he admits his guilt. It could mean there was an arrest warrant.
Sounds like a joke; a priest, a lawer and a rabbi walk into a bar….. only now its a jew, a lawer and a rabbi. Either way, happy to hear he’s off the streets.
He is an adult who savagely ruined a beautiful innocent pure and happy Childs life by horribly imprisoning him and playing with the poor childs body and soul for hours. I cannot feel any rachmonus.
Heal the world we live in. Save it for our children.
Well, I think any molester should go to jail, no matter his age or “standing” in the community. You think because this sick low-life is a teenager it means we should have rachmones on him? Try having a 10th of the rachmones on his victim…and I bet this victim is not the first. I hope this creep gives his young wife a Get. Poor child…her, not him.
HORRIBLE !
On the other side this was the best way to handle it, THANKS for the rov/dayen who encouraged him to do the right thing. The rov went along with him to the police department, WOW ! May other rabonim take a lesson…
I think we should all reserve our comments about the consequences. There is an aspect of mental illness here, and we are not competent to assess, diagnose, or treat it. There is also a criminal piece. Go sort that out. There is a portion which is addiction, but only a portion. Yes, Barry.
Perhaps there can be consideration if the perp was abused himself, but he had the chance to go for help. His becoming a molester himself is his own choice.
19 Years Old, married… Molester! it Just doesn’t fit the bill.
At this age he is still a boy, who got married against his will. There is a very high chance that he has been abused himself, in my opinion over a prolonged period of time.
I hope this destroyed young man comes forward with
names of the adult(s) who abused him and ruined his life.
this (molester’s)abusers should be identified asap and taken off the streets. and this boy should undergo intense therapy. If it’s not too late.
Kol HaKavod for having the audacity to turn himself in,
another wake up call for Borough Park, where I live also.
what about someone who is struggling with these issues? where does someone who wants to be helped go? I know that most people here don’t have a clue whats its like to be attracted to young boys, but imagine you were, and you struggled with your feelings for years, what would you do???????
19 year old married Chossid has zero capacity to independently think through how to surrender or where to find a lawyer so quickly. Something tells me that he was a known case and once the story hit real news papers, someone quickly got him a lawyer and advised him on surrendering because the punishment will be less severe if found guilty. There is no stigma attached to molesters in the frum community; there are always excuses to downgrade the seriousness of their actions to the victims or people pretend that ever molester is falsely accused.
If people think the 19 year old is still a “boy” then why was he allowed to get married? If you want to get married, you better man up from your boyhood at any age.
I mentioned it before, and I’ll say it again. All of your comments are just reacting to this tragedy instead of trying to prevent future ones. It’s time to vaccinate our community’s children (including the entire Chassidish community) against abuse by being good pro-active parents.
Take a half hour and watch Rabbi Yakov Horowitz’s video on Speaking to Your Kids About Personal Safety http://vimeo.com/25322132
and then sit down and speak to your kids (and not just once either).
Educating your children is the best way to protect them, so they won’t follow some guy into Shul or anyplace else, and they’ll know better than to allow anyone (friend, relative, or stranger) to touch them.
Wake up parents!! There is something you can do to help prevent your children from being molested. Once again, I call on Belz (specifically because this time it happened to occur on their premises) and the entire Chassidishe velt to ask Rabbi Yakov Horowitz of Project YES to come to Boro Park, Williamsburg, Monroe, New Square, etc. and give his workshop in Yiddish on how to protect your children against predators.
Stop focusing on the predator and start concentrating on the children: http://vimeo.com/2
(Reply to # 55): You are very wise and equally practical, LakewoodNJMom. You make your points emphatically and with unusual clarity and conviction.
Any way for you to arrange for Rabbi Horowitz to address the various Chassidish communities?
I realize you are in Lakewood, but if we all assume responsibility to protect our children, we might be able to eliminate this horrific scourge. You seem to get the main point of all this better than a lot of others. Many are attempting to deny the seriousness of these crimes. Many don’t understand the need to inoculate the children above all else. Please, please, Lakewood Mom, get involved. Teezki LeMitzvos.
I agree that molesting is a very bad thing, If he is ready to go for help, and according to therapist , therapy helps for it then I don’t think its right for yidden to say that he should go to prison. He is obviously being taken care of if he turned himself in with a rabbi!