NEW YORK
The Guardian (United Kingdom)
Zoë Blackler in New York
guardian.co.uk, Friday 18 May 2012
The Brooklyn district attorney has set up a taskforce to combat the intimidation of child sexual abuse victims in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community amid growing criticism of his handling of the issue.
In an interview on local New York television channel NY1, Charles Hynes said a cross-departmental team would meet next week to discuss how to “break down this wall of intimidation.”
Campaigners have accused Hynes of failing to protect victims and their families after they report abuse to the secular authorities, and of being unwilling to challenge rabbinical leaders who want to cover up abuse allegations.
This week the Guardian detailed how the friends and family of an alleged victim had been repeatedly threatened and harassed by supporters of the accused.
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