NEW YORK
New York Post
By JOSE MARTINEZ
Last Updated: 3:35 PM, June 14, 2012
The start of a sex-abuse trial for a prominent Williamsburg rabbi was delayed today because a yeshiva keeps ignoring requests for information from his defense team.
The case of Nechemya Weberman, an ultra-Orthodox rabbi charged with molesting a 12-year old girl over three years, was pushed back to July 18 as a judge weighs whether to slap contempt of court charges against the United Talmudical Academy.
“I was trying to avoid doing that to give the school an opportunity to respond,” Justice Ruth Shillingford said.
The 53-year-old accused child molestor is affiliated with the yeshiva, where his alleged victim — who was supposed to be mentored by him about religion — was a student.
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