In a disturbing report, CBS News in the US reveals that dozens of American pedophiles and sexual predators escaped justice in the US by fleeing to Israel.
The network reports:
A CBS News investigation has found that many accused American pedophiles flee to Israel, and bringing them to justice can be difficult.
Jewish Community Watch (JCW), an American organization that tracks accused pedophiles, has been trying for years to find [convicted child abuser Jimmy Julius] Karow and help bring him to justice.
JCW says Karow and other wanted men and women have been able to exploit a right known as the Law of Return, whereby any Jewish person can move to Israel and automatically gain citizenship.
Since the small organization started tracking accused pedophiles in 2014, it says more than 60 have fled from the U.S. to Israel. Given its limited resources to identify these individuals, JCW says the actual number is likely much larger.
The report quotes JCW founder Meyer Seewald comparing the situation to the abuse scandal that has roiled the Catholic Church: “The same thing that is going on in the Catholic Church right now around the world, the exact same thing is happening in our community. The cover-ups are the same, the stigma, the shame.”
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