Livenews
March 14, 2008
http://livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/03/14/School_principle_flees_after_claims_he_molested_students
The principal of an exclusive Melbourne private Jewish girls' school has reportedly been sacked and left Australia this week, amid claims she molested students.
The Age newspaper reports the woman was dismissed by the Adass Israel Girls' School in Elsternwick a week ago last Tuesday and returned to her native Israel a day later.
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The Adass community is described by The Age as a small ultra-orthodox and reclusive group of about 150 families based in Elsternwick and Ripponlea.
It says they have little contact with the wider Jewish community.
The complaints are believed to involve girls aged 15 and 16.
The president of the Adass Israel synagogue, Benjamin Koppel has told the Australian Jewish News the school acted after receiving a call, suggesting inappropriate behaviour may have have occurred with one or more present or former students.
And Raphael Aron, a counsellor with Gateway Family Counselling Centre in Caulfield says his agency has referred some families with students at Adass to specialists.
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