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Molesting Rabbi Convicted as Siblings Scoff at Accusing Sis
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Billy Parker
Published Mar 12, 2009
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The rabbi accused of molesting his daughter throughout her adolescence was found guilty yesterday on all counts in Brooklyn federal court. Rabbi Israel Weingarten could face up to fifty years for the case, in which he represented himself and had to be disciplined by the judge for the tone he took while cross-examining the daughter who accused him. Outside the court, the woman, who has now left the Satmar sect, spoke to reporters about what the cross-examination was like saying, "Like being molested again. He thought he still had power over me. I think it was cruel to do that to me." While her mother and brother testified on her behalf—the latter claiming the father brainwashed his children—the victim's six younger siblings supported their father. After the verdict, one said, "My sister? I didn't look at her. She's not even human."
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