Yeshiva Rabbi Bluntly Warns Sex Abuse Reports Put Innocent Jews in Prison

[The Straight Story]

A top rabbinic dean of Yeshiva University has warned rabbis about the dangers of reporting child sex abuse allegations to the police because it could result in a Jew being jailed with a black inmate, or as he put it, “a shvartze,” who might want to kill him.

Rabbi Hershel Schachter, one of the most respected faculty members of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, also said that children can lie and ruin an innocent man’s life.

“It could be that the whole thing is a bubbe-mayse [tall tale],” Schachter said.

Schachter said Jewish communities should establish panels of rabbis who are also psychologists to first hear such allegations and decide if law authorities should be informed.

http://forward.com/articles/172957/yeshiva-rabbi-bluntly-warns-sex-abuse-reports-put/

[NaturalHigh]

1. WTF?

Pretty sure what he is suggesting is illegal.

[DonCoquixote]

2. translation:

Schachter said Jewish communities should establish panels of rabbis who are also psychologists to first hear such allegations and decide if law authorities should be informed

Translated; We want the Church tio hush kids up, threaten them and their parents,and for the layers to get to work destroting all evidence so we do not end up looking like the Catholics. Oh, and also,to commit the crime of not reporting.

Also, I love the shvartze comment. Funny how they love the idea of others dying to keep Israel free.

[Paul E Ester]

3. Sounds like sharia law.

A parallel legal system based on religious law. Is that legal?

[The Straight Story]

4. Yeah, pretty well sums it up. (nt)