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.
The day after Rosh Hashana, the case to extradite Malka Leifer who is wanted in Australia to face 74 charges of child sexual abuse, will be in a Jerusalem court again as her lawyers apply for bail.
While Manny Waks was in Melbourne recently, he spoke with Henry Greener about his journey as a victim, and now the globe-trotting advocate for justice in the field of child sex abuse....a video report.
An event to commemorate the 10th yahrzeit of Rabbi Yitzhak Groner has caused distress to victims of child sexual abuse according to The Executive Council of Australian Jewry.
The report of a new public statement by seven (seemingly random) Chabad rabbis calling for the immediate reporting to state authorities of reasonable suspicions of abuse is welcome news, especially their unequivocal announcement that prior rabbinic advice is unnecessary.
Billed as a night for reflection, understanding, healing and regret, Silent No More is Melbourne's Yeshivah Centre's response towards the widespread child sexual abuse which has existed in the school system since the 1980s.
Tzedek, the advocacy group working against child sexual abuse, has published guidelines for those involved in the operations of a male mikveh, a ritual bath, when boys are involved.
Victorian Premier Denis Napthine has introduced new laws giving courts the power to jail those who fail to report to the police instances of child sex abuse for up to three years.
