We previously discussed the decision of prosecutors to grant ultra-Orthodox Jewish defendants anonymity — denied to other defendants — in facing sex-crime charges. It is, in my view, a highly problematic form of favoritism shown to a powerful community in Brooklyn. Moreover, as discussed earlier, it is highly unlikely in this tight-knit community that the identification of both the accused and victims would not be known. Now, four Hasidic men have been arrested for alleged harassment and obstruction of witnesses, including the offer of a $500,000 bribe to refuse to testify against a Hasidic leader. The prominent accused man in the Satmar Hasidic community, Nechemya Weberman, has been accused of 88 counts of sexual misconduct, including oral sex with a child younger than 13 years old. In addition to the money, the men are accused of threatening to withdraw the kosher certification from the restaurant of the boyfriend, Hershy Deutsch, unless the woman dropped her claims.
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They all protect each other, whether they are Catholic priests, Jewish rabbis, or any other crowd of god's mouthpieces who believe they are more moral than the rest of us. I've said it a million times before; it's time for all these 'institutions' to pay taxes. At least they'll be doing something useful for society while they molest our kids instead of only grubbing for money and stealing our children's souls.
I can't believe, in the 21st Century, we are still dumb enough to give any of these fuckers the benefit of the doubt on anything.
Have you ever seen "A Price Above Rubies?"
ReplyDeleteIt's one of my favorite movies of all time.
Hello Fixer,
ReplyDeleteI agree that it is time to have them pay. Whether it is to "Rome", "the piper" or any other entity such as the government from the local to the federal level as the "misconduct" of the "religious intolerant" has exceeded anything allowed in a just society.
To quote a line from some movie I can't remember the name of, "Hasidim, but I don't believe 'em".
ReplyDeleteOr as some Jewish dude said in this book of fiction I read a while back, "Render unto Caesar what is Caesar's." Duh.
ReplyDelete- Badtux the Fiction-reading Penguin