The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) -- the world's largest group of Orthodox rabbis -- is praising the process that led to the conviction of a Hasidic Jewish man on December 10 on sexual abuse charges relating to to a female, and called on all segments of the Jewish community to cooperate with police in such cases, the Religion News website reports today (December 12, 2012).
The RCA is generally dissociated from Hasidic Jewish communities -- fervently religious groups that follow the teachings of particular rabbis in almost all aspects of daily life.
Concentrated in Brooklyn, New York, Hasidic communities -- such as the Satmars, to which the convicted counselor belongs -- have frustrated police with their refusal to work with civil authorities on sexual abuse cases.
In a statement released the day after the conviction of Nechemya Weberman, 54, the 1,000-member RCA said it "decries any invocation of Jewish law or commercial interests as tools in silencing victims or witnesses from reporting abuse." Weberman will be sentenced on January 9, 2013, when he could receive a 25-year prison sentence.
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