| Data: 2011-12-26 17:37:43 | |
| Autor: mkarwan | |
| Orthodox Jewish community after 85 arrested | |
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An Orthodox Jewish community has had to face up to claims of child sex abuse
after 83 men and two women were arrested. An initiative was set up to encourage victims to come forward despite pressure from the close-knit religious society to hush up the crimes. Some 117 male and female victims have approached authorities in Brooklyn, New York since 2006. There were 89 accusers under the age of 17. According to the New York Post, one suspect Andrew Goodman, 27, worked with Jewish charities involving vulnerable young people and the disabled. He was charged with sexually abusing two Orthodox boys at his home in the Flatbush neighbourhood last September. One child was abused between the ages of 11 and 15, the other from 13 until he was 16 years old. Goodman reportedly filmed sex acts with the boys on a webcam after plying them with alcohol in his bedroom and making them watch child porn. Neighbours had filmed Goodman sneaking the children into the home he shared with his parents and sister between 3am and 5.30am. In the surveillance tape, Goodman was seen opening his front door for the boys, according to the Post. Lubricants, empty liquor bottles, boys' clothing and a butcher knife were discovered in the 27-year-old's room. Goodman's lawyer Izzy Fried told the New York Post that the alleged victims were 'troubled kids' and his client had provided them with a 'safe haven'. więcej w http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2072839/Child-sex-abuse-scandal-rocks-Orthodox-Jewish-community-85-arrested.html |
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