Jerusalem Police arrest suspected serial rapist who attacked dozens of women

The Jerusalem Police says it has arrested a man suspected of “dozens of cases of rape and serious sexual offenses against women in his employ.”

In a statement Monday, police spokesperson Luba Samri said police were set on the alleged rapist’s trail by a nonprofit that works with victims of sexual assault. All the women worked at a media and public relations firm managed by the suspect, and all said they had experienced various types of serious sexual assaults by the suspect.

A two-week undercover sting gathered the evidence police needed to nab the suspect, a 30-year-old Jerusalem resident, the statement says.

The assaults included extortion and threats, including threats to some religiously observant women he had allegedly raped that he would reveal the rape to their husbands and community rabbis if they did not continue sleeping with him.

The police statement says the man left the PR firm and now works at a religious seminary for girls in Jerusalem.

His remand is extended until Sunday, and the Jerusalem District Court approves Monday searches of the man’s home and office. Police say they are continuing to search for victims, and urge women hurt by the man, whose identity is not yet released for publication by the court, to file a complaint at a Jerusalem Police station.