NEW YORK
The Wall Street Journal
By Pervaiz Shallwani
A prominent ultra-Orthodox Jewish counselor was found guilty Monday of sexually abusing a teenage girl over a three-year span — a rare win for prosecutors in an insular Brooklyn community they have long accused of keeping members quiet.
In a packed courtroom, the jury of four men and eight women found Nechemya Weberman, 54 years old, guilty on 59 counts of sexual abuse and child endangerment — the most serious that he sexually assaulted the young woman over a sustained period of time from when she was 12 to 15 years old.
Weberman faces up to the 25 years in prison on the most serious charges. His lawyers have said they plan to appeal the decision.
He was sent to prison awaiting sentencing on Jan. 9.
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