Protesters Clash over Fund-Raising for Brooklyn Rabbi Nechemya Weberman, Accused of Molesting Teenage Girl

By Pearl Gabel and Sarah Armaghan
New York Daily News
May 17, 2012

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/protesters-clash-fund-raising-brooklyn-rabbi-nechemya-weberman-accused-molesting-teenage-girl-article-1.1079665

Signs posted in Williamsburg seeking money to aid accused child molester Nechemya Weberman have stirred discord in the neighborhood this week.

Signs posted in Williamsburg seeking money to aid accused child molester Nechemya Weberman have stirred discord in the neighborhood this week.

TWO PEOPLE were charged with disorderly conduct Wednesday during a night of fund-raising in Brooklyn for a rabbi charged with sexually abusing a teenage girl, police said.

More than 100 protesters faced off against thousands of supporters rallying for Nechemya Weberman, 53, who was collared in February 2011 after a 16-year-old girl complained he had forced her to perform oral sex and other acts.

The teen claimed Weberman was her therapist and the abuse, which she said started when she was 12, occurred during therapy sessions.

Signs promoting the men-only charity event at the Continental Caterers dining hall in Williamsburg papered Jewish shopping strips in the neighborhood earlier in the week, causing a divide in the community.

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