https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/breaking-judge-
lashes-out-at-orthodox-community-in-sex-abuse-case-s
ays-it-protects-abusers-not-victims/
> BREAKING: Judge Lashes Out At Orthodox Community In Sex-Abuse Case;
> Says It Protects Abusers, Not Victims
> ; October 2, 2009, 12:00 am 0
>
> [...] Speaking from the bench the day after Yom Kippur at the
> sentencing of Yona Weinberg, who received a 13-month jail term, Judge
> Reichbach said he found it "troubling" that the community "seeks to
> blame, indeed punish victims who seek justice from the ... civil
> society," according to a court transcript. He went on to add that the
> Orthodox community's religious courts are "inappropriate" and
> "incapable" of dealing with criminal matters.
> Making his comments before a courtroom packed with supporters of the
> 31-year-old Weinberg - among them, according to his defense attorney,
> school principals, two rabbis and civic leaders - the judge spoke of
> receiving more than 90 letters attesting to Weinberg's character and
> innocence. None of the letters, the judge noted, "displays any concern
> or any sympathy or even any acknowledgement for these young victims
> which, frankly, I find shameful."
> Indeed, Judge Reichbach referred to one letter in particular, written
> by a Mrs. Mandel and expressing sadness "that Weinberg's love of
> humankind has turned against him," to be "the height of chutzpah." [...[
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