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Nechemya Weberman

Satmar Rebbe Zalman Teitelbaum visits the northern Israeli city of Safed on November 21, 2019. (David Cohen/Flash90)
December 16, 2022, 11:50 am
Satmar head visits convicted sexual abuser Nechemya Weberman in NY prison
Sex abuse survivor says victims feel they are ‘being stabbed’ when they witness support by Hassidic community leaders, media for perpetrators of crimes
By Jacob Henry
Nechemya Web attends a fundraiser in the Brooklyn borough of New York, where his supporters contributed to a legal defense fund for his trial on charges of . (photo credit: AP Photo/WCBS-TV, File)
From the WebSeptember 10, 2013, 12:53 pm
Sex abuse victim shamed during synagogue prayers
NY Post: ‘They treat survivors as if they are the abusers,’ says husband
Nechemya Weberman was convicted and sentenced to 103 years for child sexual abuse, October 16, 2012. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)
August 27, 2013, 4:32 pm
New e-book examines Brooklyn’s Hasidic ‘Devil’
Initially sentenced to a century in prison, a sexual abuser takes center stage in Allison Yarrow’s exhaustive legal account
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Michael J. Salamon
August 13, 2013, 11:00 am
Michael J. Salamon
Curing a molester?
The scientific evidence shows that the only safe solution for sex offenders is to lock them up
Nechemya Weberman was convicted and sentenced to 103 years for child sexual abuse, October 16, 2012. (AP/Bebeto Matthews)
January 22, 2013, 7:18 pm
US Jew sentenced to 103 years for sexual abuse
Religious counselor from New York’s Satmar Hassidic community found guilty of molesting a girl over three-year period
By Colleen Long
Michael J. Salamon
January 9, 2013, 7:24 pm
Michael J. Salamon
When 17 men tell me they were abused
Recent scandals are prompting a few victims to speak, while countless others remain silent
Illustrative: Hasidic Jews in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. (Illustrative photo: CC BY rutlo, Flickr)
December 27, 2012, 7:27 pm
Brooklyn Hasid indicted for throwing bleach in rabbi’s face
Victim allegedly accused assailant’s father of being a sexual predator
Geoffrey Hyman
December 13, 2012, 10:25 pm
Geoffrey Hyman
Protecting sex abusers in the Jewish community
The Weberman case reflects a pattern of allowing predators to keep assaulting victims
From the WebDecember 12, 2012, 8:11 am
Chemical thrown at NY rabbi who aided victims of abuse
New York Times: Street attack burns face of Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg, outspoken and outcast advocate for child-abuse victims in Williamsburg’s Satmar community
December 11, 2012, 12:55 am
NY Orthodox counselor convicted of sex abuse
Nechemya Weberman molested girl entrusted to his care, jury finds
By Colleen Long
From the WebDecember 3, 2012, 3:22 pm
Despite intimidation, alleged ultra-Orthodox victim testifies against accused rapist
Daily Beast: Teenage girl from Satmar Hassidic sect says man who was supposed to counsel her instead abused her
June 22, 2012, 12:52 am
Bribery alleged in ultra-Orthodox sex abuse case
Prosecutors say teenager accusing Nechemya Weberman of molestation was offered money to leave country
Ultra-Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn (illustrative photo: Serge Attal/Flash90)
June 11, 2012, 9:08 am
Sex abuse trial of NY ultra-Orthodox counselor splits community
The insular community of Brooklyn’s Hasidic Jews slowly opens up about sexual predators in their midst
By Colleen Long
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