child sexual abuse Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/child-sexual-abuse/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Fri, 20 Mar 2026 06:59:48 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 ‘Battle is over’: advocate’s relief as abuser sentenced https://www.jwire.com.au/battle-is-over-advocates-relief/ https://www.jwire.com.au/battle-is-over-advocates-relief/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:24:04 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=178925 A convicted child abuser has walked away from court with a suspended prison sentence, leaving his victim pleased the case is finally over. The battle is over for prominent victim advocate Manny Waks after his abuser was sentenced for sexually exploiting him at a Jewish holy festival close to four decades ago. “Tzedek, tzedek tirdof” […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/battle-is-over-advocates-relief/feed/ 1 178925 Manny Waks’s alleged abuser to fight charges at trial https://www.jwire.com.au/officer-admits-error-in-manny-wakss-child-sex-abuse-case/ https://www.jwire.com.au/officer-admits-error-in-manny-wakss-child-sex-abuse-case/#respond Thu, 15 Aug 2024 06:38:10 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=161210 A man accused of molesting victim advocate Manny Waks more than three decades ago has been committed to stand trial on four child abuse offences. Zev “Velvel” Serebryanski, 60, pleaded not guilty after Magistrate Stephen Ballek found there was sufficient evidence for the case to go to trial in the Victorian County Court. Serebryanski is […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/officer-admits-error-in-manny-wakss-child-sex-abuse-case/feed/ 0 161210 Manny Waks’ alleged abuser arrested in New York https://www.jwire.com.au/manny-waks-alleged-abuser-arrested-in-new-york/ https://www.jwire.com.au/manny-waks-alleged-abuser-arrested-in-new-york/#respond Fri, 21 Apr 2023 05:47:02 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=146702 Long-time victims’ advocate Manny Waks says his alleged abuser is set to be extradited to Melbourne. Mr Waks alleges he was sexually assaulted by a former member of Melbourne’s ultra-Orthodox community, Velvel Serebryanski, when he was a child in the 1980s. The advocate, who has been a fixture in high-profile child sexual abuse cases, told […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/manny-waks-alleged-abuser-arrested-in-new-york/feed/ 0 146702 L’Chaim – to Life: Podcast with Manny Waks https://www.jwire.com.au/lchaim-to-life-podcast-with-manny-waks/ https://www.jwire.com.au/lchaim-to-life-podcast-with-manny-waks/#respond Fri, 02 Sep 2022 01:08:24 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=140328 Morry Frenkel speaks with Manny Waks, CEO of VoiCSA (Voice Against Child Sexual Abuse) about the work of this organisation in the areas of advocacy, awareness and enablement. Manny also assesses the outcomes of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, whose report was handed down almost five years ago. If you […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/lchaim-to-life-podcast-with-manny-waks/feed/ 0 140328 Leifer wants jury to decide abuse charges – trial brought forward https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-wants-jury-to-decide-abuse-charges-trial-brought-forward/ https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-wants-jury-to-decide-abuse-charges-trial-brought-forward/#respond Tue, 12 Apr 2022 23:54:41 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=135899 The trial for former ultra-orthodox school principal and accused child abuser Malka Leifer will begin in August. The 55-year-old was ordered to stand trial in October last year after pleading not guilty to 90 charges of child sexual abuse following her extradition from Israel. A five-week trial was expected to begin late this year but […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-wants-jury-to-decide-abuse-charges-trial-brought-forward/feed/ 0 135899 Another scandal https://www.jwire.com.au/another-scandal/ https://www.jwire.com.au/another-scandal/#comments Fri, 07 Jan 2022 04:39:14 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=132857 Why does every religion seem to have a problem with sex criminal clergy sheltering under its protection? In our Jewish world too. The Charedi world has been shaken by another sex abuse scandal. This latest case of a man called Chaim Walder has, like no other, rocked the community. He was a very popular writer […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/another-scandal/feed/ 1 132857 Third sister begins Leifer evidence https://www.jwire.com.au/third-sister-begins-leifer-evidence/ https://www.jwire.com.au/third-sister-begins-leifer-evidence/#respond Sun, 19 Sep 2021 05:23:37 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=129377 The third of three sisters who allege they were abused by former ultra-Orthodox school principal Malka Leifer has begun her evidence.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/third-sister-begins-leifer-evidence/feed/ 0 129377 Will Tuesday be Decision Day? https://www.jwire.com.au/will-tuesday-be-decision-day/ https://www.jwire.com.au/will-tuesday-be-decision-day/#respond Fri, 22 May 2020 05:14:02 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=112732 In the Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday, Judge Chana Lomp is scheduled to hand down her ruling on Malka Leifer's mental fitness to face the hearing seeking her extradition from Israel to Australia to face 74 charges of alleged child sexual abuse.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/will-tuesday-be-decision-day/feed/ 0 112732 Leifer hearings go in reverse https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-hearings-go-in-reverse/ https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-hearings-go-in-reverse/#comments Tue, 18 Feb 2020 22:51:36 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=109105 In the Jerusalem District Court Judge Chana Lomp has accepted the request by Malka Leifer's legal team to allow them to bring two of the psychiatrists that they previously brought in testify on Leifer's behalf in order to hear their views on the most recent psychiatric panel's decision.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/leifer-hearings-go-in-reverse/feed/ 1 109105 Zohar Rabbinical Organization issues call for immediate extradition of Malka Leifer https://www.jwire.com.au/zohar-rabbinical-organization-issues-call-for-immediate-extradition-of-malka-leifer/ https://www.jwire.com.au/zohar-rabbinical-organization-issues-call-for-immediate-extradition-of-malka-leifer/#comments Thu, 29 Nov 2018 23:26:16 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=92041 In a meeting with Dassi Ehrlich, Nicole Meyer and Elly Sapper, three sisters who have accused Malka Leifer of sexual abuse while the three were her students, Rabbi David Stav, Chairman and founder of Tzohar, expressed the organization’s full support for the sisters’ campaign to have Leifer extradited back to Australia to stand trial for her alleged crimes.

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